Ohio, 2002

Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 22, 2002

August 22, 2002 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 22, 2:43 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:43 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
343 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2002

FRONTAL BNDRY STRECHES FROM SFC LOW IN WRN NY WSWD ACROSS LWR GT LKS
TO ERN IOWA AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY S/E TNGT AND STALL ACROSS CWA...
PROBABLY IN SWRN PA-ECNTRL OHIO AND BE THE FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR
STORMS/PSBL HVY PRECIP. MESOETA PREFERRED MDL...AT ANY RATE ATMS
QUITE MOIST/UNSTABLE AND SERIES UPPR LVL IMPULSES WILL MOVE ACROSS
REGION OVER NEXT 24-36 HRS BEFORE MAIN SYSTEM MOVES EWD OF CWA
DURING SAT AFTN. MESOETA PAINTS 850 DWPNT NR 17C LTR TNGT MOVING
INTO REGION WITH NEARLY UNDIRECTIONAL FLOW AND PWS APPROACH AOA 2.0.
AVN STILL WISHES TO TAKE BNDRY JUST S OF DISTRICT OVNGT.
WE ANTICIPITATE STORMS DURING EVE AS BNDRY MOVES S AND DIURNAL
HEATING...GUSTY WINDS PSBL IN TSTMS(SLGT RISK CWA)...THEN AS BNDRY
LAYS OUT ACROSS REGION BFR MIDN  THE POSSIBILITY THAT STORMS MAY
TRAIN NW-SE ACROSS REGION. YESTERDAY MESOETA WAS FAVORING I80 CNTYS
AND NOW IT COULD PSBLY OCCUR ANYWHERE IN WRN PA/ECNTRL OHIO/XTREME
NWVA. EVENING SHIFT WILL HAVE TO KEEP CLOSE WATCH AS SYSTEM/BNDRY
DVLP EARLY TNGT AND CONSIDER AN FFA FOR SOME PORTION OF CWA AFTER
CLOSER EXAMINATION. IF NOT TNGT...THEN ANOTHER POTENTIAL ROUND OF
HVY PRECIP COULD OCCUR ACROSS CWA FRI/FRI NGT. HI PRES SHLD BRING
DRY WX SAT NGT-MON BFR UPPER LOW/TROUGH DVLP TO OUR SOUTH IN
TN VLY PROVIDING CHC POPS MID WEEK.

.PBZ...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 4:47 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
547 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    HERMITAGE                 PA   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/02   MERCER                         NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BLOWN
                                          DOWN.REPORTED BY SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTERS
Local storm report, Aug 22, 5:24 PM EST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
624 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    HERMITAGE                 PA   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/02   MERCER                         NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BLOWN
                                          DOWN.REPORTED BY SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTERS

0600 PM    SLIPPERY ROCK             PA   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/02   BUTLER                         LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
Local storm report, Aug 22, 6:04 PM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
704 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    HERMITAGE                 PA   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/02   MERCER                         NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BLOWN
                                          DOWN.REPORTED BY SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTERS

0600 PM    SLIPPERY ROCK             PA   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/02   BUTLER                         LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

0605 PM    PULASKI                   PA   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/02   LAWRENCE                       LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:24 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Columbiana

When
August 22, 6:22 PM EST
Where
Columbiana County, Columbiana
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.883, -80.633

Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees along Metz Road.

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.

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: 5312834.