Hail, Adams
- When
- May 14, 2:33 PM EST to 2:38 PM EST
- Where
- Adams County, Blue Creek
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -83.330
Hail in Ohio, May 14, 2010
Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours across the area. Hail accompanied some of the thunderstorms.
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 happened
The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours across the area. Hail accompanied some of the thunderstorms.
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 14, 12:36 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 12:36 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 136 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM CLE...TO CVG...THEN TO SDF. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SAG SOUTHEAST TODAY. INSTABILITY WILL OCCUR ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LOCATED ACRS THE FAR SOUTHEAST. THIS FRONT...COUPLED WITH PERHAPS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL RESULT IN SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS IN THE SE CWFA THIS AFTN. HAVE UPDATED ZONES/GRIDS TO REMOVE POPS FROM THE NORTHWEST. WILL LIKELY NEED ANOTHER UPDATE TO SHAVE OFF MORE OF THE REGION FROM THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ONCE THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE INSTABILITY AXIS IS MORE CERTAIN. MOS BLEND LOOKED REASONABLE FOR HIGHS. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY/... COULD STILL BE SOME ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE EVENING. BUT THAT WILL MOVE OFF AS THE FRONT FINALLY MAKES IT ALL OF THE WAY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. RIDGING FROM HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL RESULT IN DRY CONDITIONS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING. COULD START TO SEE SOME MOISTURE RIDE OVER THE RIDGE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND SOME SHOWERS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS FORECAST TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY. SO SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DID NOT VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM MOS TEMPERATURES. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... SHORT WAVE SLOWLY TREKKING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL INTERACT WITH A NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEM. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN UPPER LOW CLOSING OFF TO THE WEST OF THE AREA AND THEN MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. TROUGHING MAY EVEN LINGER INTO THURSDAY. COPIOUS MOISTURE WILL GET DRAWN INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. SO EXPECT SHOWERS TO BE LIKELY FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER MAY LIMIT DESTABILIZATION. SO ONLY FORECAST A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DRYING SETS IN. HIGHS WILL BE RUNNING BELOW NORMAL ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WHEN THE UPPER LOW IS IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY. CLOUDS AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING TOO FAR AT NIGHT. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM THE TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT...SETTLING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ON SATURDAY. EXCEPT PERHAPS SOME MVFR RIVER FOG AT KLUK BETWEEN 09Z- 15Z...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. .OUTLOOK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MVFR CIGS/VSBYS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HICKMAN NEAR TERM...HICKMAN SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION...HICKMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 4:10 AM EST, 10 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 510 AM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>097-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>080-150915- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH- DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE- MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN- CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND- 510 AM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. KYZ098>100-OHZ081-082-088-150915- ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 510 AM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO AFFECT THE REGION TODAY. THE ATMOSPHERE MAY BECOME SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. .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 14, 2:14 PM EST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 314 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 KYZ100-OHZ081-088-142015- LEWIS KY-SCIOTO OH-ADAMS OH- 314 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS...SOUTHERN SCIOTO AND NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 310 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HERRON HILL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...VANCEBURG...CAMP DIX... FRANKLIN FURNACE AND GREENUP. ALSO...CHARTERS...CARRS...ROME...KINNICONICK...SANDY SPRINGS...BUENA VISTA...TANNERY AND GARRISON ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 14, 2:19 PM EST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 319 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 OHZ081-088-142000- SCIOTO OH-ADAMS OH- 319 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ADAMS AND WESTERN SCIOTO COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 315 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WEST UNION...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ROSEMOUNT... PORTSMOUTH...NEW BOSTON AND LUCASVILLE. ALSO...BLUE CREEK...WAMSLEY...TURKEY CREEK LAKE...OTWAY... LOMBARDSVILLE...FRIENDSHIP...MCDERMOTT AND SCIOTOVILLE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. HATZOS
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Scioto
- When
- May 14, 2:45 PM EST to 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Scioto County, Wheelersburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -82.830
Hail, Scioto
- When
- May 14, 2:48 PM EST to 2:53 PM EST
- Where
- Scioto County, 4.16 mi W of Camp Oyo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 38.716, -83.227
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 14, 2010
- Flash Flooding in Texas, May 14 to 15, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, May 14, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 14 to 15, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 14, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, May 14, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 14, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 14 to 15, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, May 14, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 14, 2010
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, May 14, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, May 14, 2010
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 2010
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: 225912, 225913, 227673.