Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, February 20, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, February 20, 2002
Start: 2002-02-20T13:45
End: 2002-02-20T14:58
Location: Ohio

February 20, 2002 · NWS ILN · 9 events in 7 counties and zones

8 hail, 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.

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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $33,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 20, 9:45 AM EST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 9:45 AM EST, 4 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
945 AM EST WED FEB 20 2002

FCST UPDATE THIS MORNING CONCERNS POTENTIAL FOR SVR WX.

14Z SFC ANALYSIS DEPICTED A COLD FRONT ACRS CNTRL IL SOUTHWARD ALONG
THE MS RIVER VLY.  MODELS TAKE THIS FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPR LVL S/W
TO NEAR THE OHIO/INDIANA BORDER BY EARLY AFTN (18Z-20Z PERIOD).  WITH
DYNAMICAL S/WV...SFC FRONT...MID LVL DRYING...DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER
50S AND AIR TEMPS PUSHING 60 DEGREES...FCST MODEL SOUNDINGS YIELD
SBCAPES 500-1000 J/KG.  THIS UNSTABLE AIR ALONG WITH MID LVL WINDS
NEAR 80 KT POSES THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY CONTAIN
DAMAGING WINDS.  RADAR AND SATELLITE MOSAICS ALREADY SHOW CONVECTION
DEVELOPING ACRS EXTREME ERN ILLINOIS ATTM.  WILL UPDATE FCST TO
INCLUDE POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS ALL ZONES AND TO CLEAN UP WORDING.
OTHERWISE FCST LOOKS GOOD.

.ILN...NONE.

HICKMAN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 20, 11:46 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-202300-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1146 AM EST WED FEB 20 2002

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS MICHIGAN TODAY. AN
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL
AFFECT THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BE QUITE STRONG...SO ANY SHOWERS AND
STORMS WHICH DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY GUSTY WINDS.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME
SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SMALL
HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE ENTIRE AREA IN A SLIGHT
RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE
REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF THE REGION...SO STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION.

Local storm report, Feb 20, 1:06 PM EST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
106 PM EST WED FEB 20 2002

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

1245 PM    VEVAY                     IN   1.00 INCH HAIL
02/20/02   SWITZERLAND

SFH

Local storm report, Feb 20, 1:18 PM EST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
118 PM EST WED FEB 20 2002

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

0115 PM    FLORENCE                  KY   1.50 INCH HAIL
02/20/02   BOONE

SFH

Local storm report, Feb 20, 1:33 PM EST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
133 PM EST WED FEB 20 2002

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

0124 PM    EDGEWOOD                  KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
02/20/02   KENTON

SFH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:43 UTC.

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Event by event

8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hamilton

When: February 20, 1:45 PM EST to 1:48 PM EST
Where: Hamilton County, Mt Washington
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $6,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.083, -84.383

Hail, Clermont

When: February 20, 2:01 PM EST to 2:04 PM EST
Where: Clermont County, Summerside
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.100, -84.283

Hail, Clinton

When: February 20, 2:05 PM EST to 2:08 PM EST
Where: Clinton County, Martinsville
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.317, -83.817

Hail, Warren

When: February 20, 2:20 PM EST to 2:23 PM EST
Where: Warren County, Mason
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.367, -84.317

Hail, Fayette

When: February 20, 2:20 PM EST to 2:23 PM EST
Where: Fayette County, Washington Court Hou
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 39.533, -83.433

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: February 20, 2:36 PM EST to 2:38 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, 2 mi E of Upper Arlington
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 40.033, -83.033

A wind gust of 63 mph was measured at WCMH NBC 4 in Columbus.

Hail, Clinton

When: February 20, 2:40 PM EST to 2:43 PM EST
Where: Clinton County, 5 mi SE of Wilmington
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.400, -83.767

Hail, Franklin

When: February 20, 2:55 PM EST to 2:58 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, 5 mi SW of Columbus
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Property damage: $7,000
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 39.983, -83.067

Hail, Pickaway

When: February 20, 2:55 PM EST to 2:58 PM EST
Where: Pickaway County, Duvalls
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.767, -82.950

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

Every storm in Ohio in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, February 2002

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: 5281586, 5281672, 5281587, 5281673, 5281674, 5281678, 5281675, 5281676, 5281677.