2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 27, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 245 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002 UNSETTLED IWX TO CONT AS SCT SHRA AND TSRA CONT TO DVLP IN AN ARND FA. 12Z ETA BRINGS NICE VORT ACRS NRN 1/2 OF FA LATER TGNT. SUM 3H DIV AS WELL WITH PWATS NR 2 INCH OVRNGT. WL GO WITH LIKELY POPS NERN 1/2 OF FA WITH SCT WORDG ELSWHERE. ATMOSPHERE RMNS UNSTABLE ON SUN BUT LTTL IN THE WAY OF CONV NR SFC. GIVEN BIG CAPES WL HANG ON TO SMALL CHC POPS. WK LO PRES TO DVLP OVR LWR OH VLY TMRW NGT WITH ANOTHER BNDRY TO MOV N ACRS FA. CDNFT TRAILING THIS LOW WL APPROACH FM THE NW LT MON SO WL NEED TO CONT WITH CHC WORDG BOTH SUN NGT AND MON WITH BETTER PRECIP CHCS MON AFT. GUID TEMPS LK GOOD AND WL BE MAKING ONLY MINOR CHGS. LOT/S OF CLDS THRU THE PD. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. KUBINA
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:39 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. The tree landed on a house and caused some damage.
Dime size hail was observed four miles north of Tiffin.
Dime size hail was observed.
Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs.
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, July 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: 5307307, 5307310, 5307308, 5307309.