Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 22, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 22, 2002
Start: 2002-08-22T15:15
End: 2002-08-22T18:30
Location: Ohio

August 22, 2002 · NWS CLE · 18 events in 9 counties and zones

15 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $550,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 18

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 Aug 22, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
230 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2002

SCT SHRA/TSRA CONT TO PASS JUST N OF FA THIS AFT AS BNDRY RMNS OVR
LWR MI.  THIS BNDRY WL BE THE MAIN WX MAKER NEXT 48 HRS AND MODELS
HANDLING THIS FEATURE A LTTL DIFFERENTLY.  AVN AND ESP NGM QUICKER
MOVG FNT S AND BOTH PUSH BNDRY INTO SRN OH BY THIS TIME TMRW.  ETA
ON THE OTHR HAND MOVES BNDRY OVR NRN OH AND THEN STALLS IT OUT.  FOR
NOW PREFER ETA SOL AS IT DOESN/T APPR THERE WL BE ENUF OF A PUSH TO
GET BNDRY S OF FA.  NMRS WAVES WL ALSO MOV E ACRS FA AND WITH PWATS
OVR 2 INCHES TGNT INTO TMRW WL WORD FOR LIKELY POPS ALL AREAS TGNT
AND SRNS AREAS ON FRI.  CHC POPS TMRW NGT.  SHOULD BE DRYG ON SAT
WITH CHC POPS SRN AND ERN AREAS THRU MIDDAY.  GUID TEMPS LOOK OK.

.CLE...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.

KUBINA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:12 UTC.

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Event by event

15 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Geauga

When: August 22, 3:15 PM EST
Where: Geauga County, Parkman
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.367, -81.067

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa

When: August 22, 3:30 PM EST
Where: Ottawa County, Oak Harbor
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.517, -83.150

Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Trumbull

When: August 22, 3:35 PM EST to 3:45 PM EST
Where: Trumbull County, Countywide
Property damage: $35,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.300, -80.767

Thunderstorm winds downed many trees across the central portion of the county. A car was damaged by a tree in Mecca.

Hail, Portage

When: August 22, 4:10 PM EST
Where: Portage County, Garrettsville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.283, -81.100

Dime size hail was observed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Summit

When: August 22, 4:15 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
Where: Summit County, Twinsburg
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 41.317, -81.433

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in Cuyahoga Falls and several large limbs in Twinsburg.

Thunderstorm Wind, Portage

When: August 22, 4:20 PM EST to 4:40 PM EST
Where: Portage County, Countywide
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.183, -81.200

Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power poles near Aurora, Mantua, Brimfield, Hiram, Garrettsville and Nelson. A barn was blown down near Nelson. Several vehicles were damaged by fallen trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Trumbull

When: August 22, 4:30 PM EST
Where: Trumbull County, Cortland
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.333, -80.733

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Medina

When: August 22, 4:35 PM EST
Where: Medina County, Valley City
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.233, -81.950

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in Liverpool Township near Valley City.

Hail, Trumbull

When: August 22, 4:35 PM EST
Where: Trumbull County, Niles
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 41.183, -80.767

Dime size hail was observed.

Hail, Trumbull

When: August 22, 4:45 PM EST
Where: Trumbull County, Vienna
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 41.233, -80.667

Quarter size hail was observed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Medina

When: August 22, 5:00 PM EST
Where: Medina County, Sharon Center
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 41.100, -81.733

Thunderstorm winds downed at least two dozen trees. Several homes were damaged by fallen trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Medina

When: August 22, 5:39 PM EST
Where: Medina County, Wadsworth
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.033, -81.750

Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and many large limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Summit

When: August 22, 5:42 PM EST
Where: Summit County, Barberton
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.000, -81.633

Thunderstorm winds downed three trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Mahoning

When: August 22, 5:50 PM EST to 5:55 PM EST
Where: Mahoning County, Damascus
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.900, -80.933

Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Damascus and Berlin Center.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stark

When: August 22, 5:50 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where: Stark County, Canal Fulton
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.883, -81.600

Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Canal Fulton and Greentown and two large limbs in North Canton.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: August 22, 5:53 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, Burbank
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.983, -82.000

Thunderstorm winds toppled a few trees. At least one home was damaged by fallen trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Summit

When: August 22, 6:00 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST
Where: Summit County, Barberton
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.000, -81.633

Thunderstorm winds downed many trees in Barberton and Coventry Township.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stark

When: August 22, 6:30 PM EST
Where: Stark County, Massillon
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.783, -81.550

Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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

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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: 5313580, 5313663, 5313579, 5313581, 5313667, 5313660, 5313661, 5313662, 5313670, 5313671, 5313582, 5313665, 5313672, 5313583, 5313669, 5313664, 5313666, 5313668.