3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Feb 20, 11:55 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1155 AM EST WED FEB 20 2002 THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SO, I BROUGHT UP THE CHANCE OF RAIN TO NEAR 100 PERCENT FOR THE NORTHWEST OHIO. REST OF THE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. BAXTER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees, blew out a window and damaged a roof in Mount Vernon.
Thunderstorm winds downed two large trees. One of the trees damaged a small outbuilding.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few power poles.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, February 2002
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: 5283823, 5283824, 5283825.