Strong thunderstorms tracked through the Ohio Valley and produced very heavy rainfall, along with damaging winds and large hail.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
Strong thunderstorms tracked through the Ohio Valley and produced very heavy rainfall, along with damaging winds and large hail.
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 Jun 4, 6:56 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
756 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY
THE FRONT. VERY WARM AIR WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA FOR THE END OF
THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRACK ALONG A WARM FRONT
LOCATED OVER OHIO. THIS PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS
EVENING...WITH WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ALONG AND NORTH
OF I-70. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO FORM SOUTH OF I-70
DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. OWING TO STRONG WIND SHEAR AND AMPLE
INSTABILITY...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE...SO TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 444 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM. THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE LAST
WATCH WE WILL SEE DURING THE PERIOD. THE TRAINING AND PERSISTENT
NATURE OF THE STORMS NORTH OF I-70 NECESSITATED THE ISSUANCE OF A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THERE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL LIFT
FAR ENOUGH NORTH LATE TONIGHT TO ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DIMINISH.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BE PUSHED NORTH BY STRENGTHENING LOW
PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. AS A RESULT...ILN CWA
WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO RISE
AS HIGH AS THE LOW 90S. THOUGH CONDITIONS WILL BE RELATIVELY
HUMID...A STRONG CAP SHOULD PREVENT DEEP CONVECTION...SO THE
FORECAST FOR THIS PERIOD IS PRIMARILY PRECIPITATION FREE.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY WHICH BRINGS DRY
CONDITIONS AND WARMING TEMPS INTO THE LOWER 90S THROUGH FRIDAY. COLD
FRONT ADVANCES EASTWARD ACROSS THE MS VALLEY LATE FRIDAY AS AN UPPER
WAVE PASSES THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. LOOKS LIKE THE FRONT WILL HAVE
A TOUGH TIME MAKING IT THIS FAR EAST WITH THE STRONG RIDGE IN PLACE.
KEPT CHANCE POPS FRI NIGHT AND SATURDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT...HIGHEST
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST WHICH WILL BE CLOSER TO THE BOUNDARY AND UPPER
ENERGY. UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE EASTERN US THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED WITH CONTINUED ABOVE AVG TEMPS. SHOULD BE
GENERALLY DRY...THOUGH ISOLD DIURNAL STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN FA WHICH WILL
BE CLOSER TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE.
&&
.AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
ACTIVE PATTERN PERSISTS WITH SHORTWAVES CONTINUE TO RUN ALONG THE
SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL FORECAST AREA. FOCUS
FOR THE FIRST 4 HOURS WILL BE NUMEROUS TSTMS FROM
KCMH/KLCK/KCVG/KCVG...THEN A BRIEF LULL WILL BRING MAINLY SHOWERS
UNTIL BOUNDARY BEGINS TO LIFT NORTH AND INSTABILITY DOES INCREASE
ALONG THE BOUNDARY LATER TODAY. FOCUS FOR GREATEST TSTM CHANCES
WILL THEN BE KDAY/KLCK/KCMH. CIGS AND VSBYS OUTSIDE OF TSTMS WERE
REACHING VFR...BUT MVFR WITHIN TSTMS. SOUTHERN TAF SITES WELL
SOUTH OF BOUNDARY AFTER 00Z...SO VFR OVERNIGHT HERE WITH EXCEPTION
OF LATE MVFR BR FOR KLUK. NORTHERN LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE SHRA MOST
OF TONIGHT WITH POTENTIAL FOR TSTMS...GENERALLY VFR TO
OCCASIONALLY MVFR CIGS/VSBY IN PRECIPITATION.
OUTLOOK...TSTMS POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY...WITH POTENTIAL FOR MVFR
CIGS/VIS IN TSTMS...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS.
&&
.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074.
KY...NONE.
IN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR INZ050-058-059-066.
&&
SYNOPSIS...CONIGLIO
NEAR TERM...CONIGLIO
SHORT TERM...CONIGLIO
LONG TERM...HAWBLITZEL
AVIATION...JDRHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 926 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 INZ074-075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ077>082-088-051000- DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL- OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HAMILTON-CLERMONT- BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 926 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 446 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY. OHZ053>056-060>065-070>074-051000- CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE- FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING- 926 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 446 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY. OHZ051-052-051000- MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN- 926 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY. INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051000- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE- SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE- 926 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY. INZ073-051000- RIPLEY- 926 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER TODAY...AND MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY. RYAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
759 AM EDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0748 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 S MADEIRA 39.14N 84.37W
06/04/2008 HAMILTON OH TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWNED...UP TO 20-40 FEET IN LENGTH
AND ONE FOOT IN DIAMETER. NUMEROUS SMALL TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWNED.
0750 AM HAIL CINCINNATI 39.14N 84.51W
06/04/2008 E0.88 INCH HAMILTON OH PUBLIC
0756 AM HAIL 3 ESE CINCINNATI 39.12N 84.45W
06/04/2008 E0.75 INCH HAMILTON OH NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
HATZOSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
807 AM EDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0758 AM HAIL 5 SW FAYETTEVILLE 39.14N 84.00W
06/04/2008 E0.88 INCH CLERMONT OH PUBLIC
&&
HATZOSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
830 AM EDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0748 AM TORNADO NEWTOWN 39.12N 84.35W
06/04/2008 HAMILTON OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAMILTON COUNTY AND NEWTOWN POLICE REPORTING A TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN WITH WITNESSES IN NEWTOWN...PRESENTLY
UNCONFIRMED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE TWISTED AND
DOWNED...ALONG WITH A HEAVY METAL AWNING...A PORTABLE
TOILET THROWN 500 FEET...AND GENERAL DEBRIS SCATTERED
AROUND.
&&
HATZOSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 831 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 INZ059-066-073>075-080-KYZ091>093-OHZ070-071-077-041330- UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-DEARBORN IN-RIPLEY IN-OHIO IN-SWITZERLAND IN- BOONE KY-CAMPBELL KY-KENTON KY-HAMILTON OH-BUTLER OH-WARREN OH- 831 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA INCLUDING...EXTREME WESTERN WARREN...BUTLER...HAMILTON... KENTON...CAMPBELL...BOONE...SWITZERLAND. ..OHIO...SOUTHERN RIPLEY...DEARBORN...EASTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 930 AM EDT... AT 827 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OXFORD TO REXVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...THE GREATER CINCINNATI METRO AREA...BROOKVILLE...HAMILTON...RISING SUN...LAWRENCEBURG...BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...AND ALEXANDRIA. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THESE STORMS BECOME STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. RYAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
901 AM EDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0801 AM TSTM WND DMG MIDLAND 39.31N 83.91W
06/04/2008 CLINTON OH TRAINED SPOTTER
MANY TREES DOWNED DUE TO HIGH WINDS...WITH SOME FALLING
ON BUILDINGS AND CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
&&
HATZOSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
915 AM EDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0852 AM TSTM WND DMG CHILLICOTHE 39.34N 82.99W
06/04/2008 ROSS OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS ROADS.
&&
HATZOSThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:01 UTC.
7 flash flood, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Two roads were flooded and closed near Independence.
Trees were downed along State Route 36 between Carrollton and Milton.
Numerous roads throughout the county were flooded and closed.
High water closed several roads throughout the county.
High water closed several roads throughout the county.
Trees were knocked down.
Trees were knocked down.
A 65 mph gust was estimated along Interstates 71 and 75 between Mount Zion and Richwood.
Just north of Peach Grove, a tornado touched down on the west side of State Route 10, ripping the siding off portions of a house and damaging a garage door. On the other side of State Route 10, extensive damage took place to a residence. Two old barns and two garages had severe structural damage on the property. The garage door on the standalone garage was blown inward, with a back door blown out into the yard behind the structure. Tools inside this garage were also blown out of the back of the structure and strewn throughout the yard. Next to the garage, a metal trailer was cleanly picked up. In addition, an interior door frame was blown into the kitchen of the residence, and numerous trees were uprooted and broken throughout the area.
A 60 mph gust was estimated.
Numerous roads and a few bridges were flooded.
A road near State Route 10 was washed out. High water closed several other roads throughout the county.
Large tree limbs were knocked down.
Several homes and structures in Grants Lick sustained minor damage. A barn was destroyed along US Route 27.
A bridge on Gunpowder Road was flooded. High water closed several roads, and a few homes had their basements flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kentucky, 2008Warnings in Kentucky, June 2008
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: 101062, 101014, 101007, 101016, 101017, 101018, 101010, 101063, 101012, 107006, 101013, 101020, 101021, 113297, 113317, 101019.