Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2002

1,531 events in 205 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2002, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Ohio in 2002 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
1,531
Deaths
11
Injuries
73
Damage
$199 million
Episodes
205

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind55716$4.5 million
Hail34201$10 million
High Wind124320$11 million
Flood11824$1.4 million
Winter Storm10800$5.2 million
Heavy Snow8500$4.3 million
Flash Flood6703$12 million
Tornado34530$144 million
Heavy Rain2700
Excessive Heat2700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100$3.5 million
Lightning1009$150,000
Drought900
Ice Storm700$3.0 million
Funnel Cloud500

Every episode, month by month

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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.