Hail, Cuyahoga
- When
- April 15, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County, Solon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.383, -81.433
Quarter size hail was reported.
Hail in Ohio, April 15, 2002
8 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
- $145,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 15, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 330 PM EDT MON APR 15 2002 ANY THREAT OF PCPN SHOULD BE E OF FA TNGT WITH DCRSG CLDS. OTRW MOSTLY CLR. GUID TEMPS LOOKS GOOD. FCST TOUGH FOR TUE AND TUE NGT WHETHER PCPN COULD DVLP NW OH. ATTM BASED ON WHAT SURROUNDING OFFICES ARE DOING AND WITH S/WV MOVG THRU LT IN THE AFTN...WL ONLY MENTION PCPN FOR NW TUE EVE. NEXT SHOT OF PCPN FOR WED LOOKS GOOD. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. KIELTYKA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:17 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Geauga
- When
- April 15, 4:58 PM EST
- Where
- Geauga County, Auburn Center
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.383, -81.250
Quarter size hail was reported.
Hail, Portage
- When
- April 15, 5:05 PM EST
- Where
- Portage County, Garrettsville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.283, -81.100
Golf ball size hail was reported.
Hail, Trumbull
- When
- April 15, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull County, Southington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.317, -80.967
Quarter size hail was reported.
Hail, Trumbull
- When
- April 15, 5:35 PM EST to 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull County, Braceville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.233, -80.950
Nickel to golf ball size hail was reported.
Hail, Trumbull
- When
- April 15, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull County, Warren
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.233, -80.817
Quarter size hail was reported.
Hail, Trumbull
- When
- April 15, 5:55 PM EST to 5:58 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull County, Niles
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.183, -80.767
Dime to quarter size hail was reported.
Hail, Mahoning
- When
- April 15, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Mahoning County, Youngstown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.067, -80.650
Dime size hail was reported just north of Youngstown.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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More
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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5287532, 5287533, 5287539, 5287536, 5287534, 5287535, 5287537, 5287538.