Hail, Hardin
- When
- May 7, 10:05 AM EST to 10:08 AM EST
- Where
- Hardin County, Mc Guffey
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.683, -83.783
Hail in Ohio, May 7, 2004
3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 7, 8:38 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 8:38 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 938 AM EDT FRI MAY 7 2004 .DISCUSSION... LATEST SFC MAP SHWS E-W ORIENTED FNTL BOUNDARY FROM CNTRL IL THRU CNTRL IN INTO THE CNTRL PLNS. S/W IN WESTERLY FLO HAS KICKED OFF AN MCS NORTH OF THE FNTL BOUNDARY ACRS IL/IN IN AREA OF FAVORABLE LO LVL CNVRGC AND UPR DIV AND WHERE ELEVATED INSTBY EXISTS. THIS MCS WL PROPAGATE ESE INTO ILN/S CWA. EXPECT HAIL TO BE THE MAIN SVR WX THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. WL UPDATE FCST TO INCRS POPS AND MENTION SEVERE WEATHER WITH WATCH OUT TIL 19Z. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. && AR
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 4:30 AM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 530 AM EDT FRI MAY 7 2004 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-071130- ADAMS OH-AUGLAIZE OH-BOONE KY-BRACKEN KY-BROWN OH-BUTLER OH- CAMPBELL KY-CARROLL KY-CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-CLERMONT OH-CLINTON OH- DARKE OH-DEARBORN IN-DELAWARE OH-FAIRFIELD OH-FAYETTE OH-FAYETTE IN- FRANKLIN OH-FRANKLIN IN-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-GREENE OH-HAMILTON OH- HARDIN OH-HIGHLAND OH-HOCKING OH-KENTON KY-LEWIS KY-LICKING OH- LOGAN OH-MADISON OH-MASON KY-MERCER OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH- OHIO IN-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-PICKAWAY OH-PIKE OH-PREBLE OH-RIPLEY IN- ROBERTSON KY-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-SHELBY OH-SWITZERLAND IN-UNION OH- UNION IN-WARREN OH-WAYNE IN- 530 AM EDT FRI MAY 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH TO NEAR THE OHIO RIVER BY THIS EVENING...THEN MOVES BACK NORTH AGAIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:36 AM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-010000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 536 AM EDT FRI MAY 7 2004 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-071500- ADAMS OH-AUGLAIZE OH-BOONE KY-BRACKEN KY-BROWN OH-BUTLER OH- CAMPBELL KY-CARROLL KY-CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-CLERMONT OH-CLINTON OH- DARKE OH-DEARBORN IN-DELAWARE OH-FAIRFIELD OH-FAYETTE OH-FAYETTE IN- FRANKLIN OH-FRANKLIN IN-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-GREENE OH-HAMILTON OH- HARDIN OH-HIGHLAND OH-HOCKING OH-KENTON KY-LEWIS KY-LICKING OH- LOGAN OH-MADISON OH-MASON KY-MERCER OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH- OHIO IN-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-PICKAWAY OH-PIKE OH-PREBLE OH-RIPLEY IN- ROBERTSON KY-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-SHELBY OH-SWITZERLAND IN-UNION OH- UNION IN-WARREN OH-WAYNE IN- 536 AM EDT FRI MAY 7 2004 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH TO NEAR THE OHIO RIVER BY THIS EVENING...THEN WILL MOVE BACK NORTH AGAIN TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:03 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hardin
- When
- May 7, 10:48 AM EST to 10:52 AM EST
- Where
- Hardin County, Kenton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -83.600
Hail, Miami
- When
- May 7, 11:19 AM EST to 11:23 AM EST
- Where
- Miami County, Troy
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -84.200
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 7, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 7, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, May 7, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 7, 2004
- Hail in Iowa, May 7 to 8, 2004
- Hail in Michigan, May 7, 2004
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 7, 2004
- Flood and Hail in Indiana, May 7, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, May 7, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 7, 2004
- Hail in Ohio, May 7, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 7, 2004
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 2004
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5400664, 5400665, 5400666.