Ohio, 2002Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 22, 2002
July 22, 2002 · NWS CLE · 15 events in 12 counties and zones
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $106,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 Jul 22, 1:00 AM EST, 11 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:00 AM EST, 11 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
200 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2002
ETA/NGM RMRKBLY IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER IN SOME OF THEIR FIELDS
ALTHO CONSIDERING PAST PERFORMANCE AND CURRENTLY DRY CONDS...NGM
APPEARS TO BE OVERDOING IT WITH PCPN 1ST 24 HRS. SWATH OF MSTR WITH
ACCOMPNYING UVV AND ADDNL INSTBLTY FACTORS LT TDA AND TNGT PUSH FOR
BTR CHCS FOR SOME PCPN ACRS MOST OF CWA TNGT. WL CONT HEAT ADVSRY
BECAUSE ITS ALREADY UP. PVA AND MSTR JUST GETTING INTO W END OF CWA
BY 00Z MAY CALL FOR POPS IN THE 40 - 50 % AREA WHILE REST OF CWA WL
BE WORDED WITH A CHC OF SHWRS/TSTMS BY LATE AFTN (30%). WL PULL THE
CORK OUT FOR TNGT WITH LKLY POPS ENTIRE CWA. THIS LOOKS LIKE THE
BEST CHC WEVE HAD IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IF YOU WANT TO
BELIEVE GUID. NOT TOO SURE ON FNTL TIMING SO WL CONT WITH LOW CHC
POPS OUT W (30%)...TO 40% POPS NRSHR AREAS AND 50% INLAND FOR MAINLY
TUE MRNG.
TMP GUID LOOKS PRETTY GOOD SO WONT HV TOO MUCH ROOM TO MANEUVER.
HIGHS TDA IN THE LOW AND MID 90S WITH LOWS TNGT A BIT EITHER SIDE OF
70 DEGREES. COOLER DRIER AIR COMING IN ON TUE WL BE A WELCOME RELIEF
FROM THE RATHER TROPICAL WX WEVE HAD LAST FEW DAYS. HIGHS TUE WL
LKLY STALL OUT IN THE 70S.
.CLE...
OH...HEAT ADVISORY MON
PA...HEAT ADVIORY MON.
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Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- July 22, 12:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lake County, Painesville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.733, -81.250
Thunderstorm winds downed several large limbs southeast of Painesville in Leroy Township.
Thunderstorm Wind, Summit
- When
- July 22, 12:58 PM EST
- Where
- Summit County, Akron
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.083, -81.500
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
Thunderstorm Wind, Summit
- When
- July 22, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Summit County, Cuyahoga Falls
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.133, -81.483
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree and several limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Medina
- When
- July 22, 1:15 PM EST
- Where
- Medina County, Medina
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.133, -81.867
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees northeast of Medina in Granger Township.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- July 22, 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County, North Royalton
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.317, -81.733
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stark
- When
- July 22, 3:33 PM EST
- Where
- Stark County, Hartville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.967, -81.333
A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured east of Hartville. At least three trees were downed.
Hail, Portage
- When
- July 22, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Portage County, Atwater
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.017, -81.167
Dime size hail was observed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- July 22, 8:03 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Findlay
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.033, -83.650
Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Findlay and Vanlue.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sandusky
- When
- July 22, 8:55 PM EST
- Where
- Sandusky County, Clyde
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.317, -82.967
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. A home was damaged by a fallen tree.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- July 22, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ottawa County, Port Clinton
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.517, -82.950
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Huron
- When
- July 22, 9:13 PM EST
- Where
- Huron County, Monroeville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -82.700
Thunderstorm winds downed a tree in Monroeville and several large limbs west of Monroeville.
Thunderstorm Wind, Erie
- When
- July 22, 9:25 PM EST to 9:26 PM EST
- Where
- Erie County, Milan
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -82.617
Thunderstorm winds downed two trees and several large limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Medina
- When
- July 22, 9:55 PM EST
- Where
- Medina County, Brunswick
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 41.233, -81.833
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and limbs in and around Brunswick.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- July 22, 9:55 PM EST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County, Parma
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -81.717
Thunderstorm winds downed many large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- July 22, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lorain County, Sheffield Lake
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.483, -82.117
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
- 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.
- Heat in Maryland, July 22 to 23, 20023 deaths · 12 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, July 22, 20021 death · $95,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 20021 death · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 22, 20021 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 22, 20023 injured · $397,000 · 1 in hail · 36 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 22, 2002$487,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 22, 20021 injured · $170,000 · 55 kt wind · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 22, 2002$205,000 · 1 in hail · 13 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, July 22, 2002$280,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 22, 20022 injured · $100,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 22, 2002$200,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 22, 2002$100,000 · 1 event
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: 5306960, 5306967, 5306961, 5306958, 5306959, 5306962, 5306963, 5306966, 5306964, 5307228, 5306965, 5307229, 5307231, 5307232, 5307230.