Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- July 28, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County, Solon
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 41.383, -81.433
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. Two homes were damaged by the limbs.
Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 28, 2002
22 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $223,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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 28, 1:20 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:20 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 220 PM EDT SUN JUL 28 2002 PAST FEW 88D VOL SCANS SHOWG PRECIP TO W DECREASING IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. INSTABILITY RMNS HI BUT MSAS ANAL SHOWG LLTL IN WAY OF LLVL CONV ATTM. MORE CONVECTION JUST ABT TO MOV INTO IN. DECENT LLVL WLY JET THIS EVENING BUT 7H TEMPS WARM OVRNGT WITH SUM DRYING AFT MID AS WELL. CAPES RMN NR 1000 J/KG THIS EVE AND WL HANG ON TO SCT WORDG NRN 1/2 OF FA THRU MID TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY NEW CONVECTION THAT FIRES AND FOR STUFF CURRENTLY MOVING INTO IN. FURTHER S JUST SML CHC POPS. BETTER THREAT FOR TSRA OCCURS TMRW AFT AS CDFNT APPROACHES FM NW. WL ALSO GET SUM HELP FM RR QUAD OF UPPER JET AND IMPULSE MOVING THRU AT 5H. MAY GET A LINE OF CONVECTION BUT FOR NOW WL JUST WORD FOR HI CHC POPS ALL AREAS. PRECIP THREAT WL LINGER INTO 3RD PD BUT RAPID DRYING OCCURS LATER IN NGT. COOLER AND LESS HUMID WX ON TUE. GUID TEMPS IN BALLPARK AGN TDA. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. KUBINA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
Event by event
22 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Geauga
- When
- July 28, 6:36 PM EST
- Where
- Geauga County, Newbury
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.467, -81.233
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- July 28, 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Ottawa County, Genoa
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.517, -83.367
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- July 28, 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Rawson
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.967, -83.667
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and large limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Erie
- When
- July 28, 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Erie County, Sandusky
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -82.717
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- July 28, 8:13 PM EST
- Where
- Wood County, Bowling Green
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.367, -83.667
Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 60 mph.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- July 28, 8:40 PM EST
- Where
- Ottawa County, Port Clinton
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.517, -82.950
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- July 28, 8:45 PM EST
- Where
- Lorain County, Lorain
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.467, -82.183
Thunderstorm winds toppled a large tree on top of two cars. One car was destroyed, the second heavily damaged.
Thunderstorm Wind, Huron
- When
- July 28, 8:55 PM EST
- Where
- Huron County, Norwalk
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.233, -82.617
Thunderstorm winds downed one tree and a large limb east of Norwalk.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- July 28, 9:05 PM EST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County, Seven Hills
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.367, -81.667
Thunderstorm winds downed a couple large trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- July 28, 9:05 PM EST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 41.467, -81.683
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and large limbs across the county.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ashtabula
- When
- July 28, 9:10 PM EST
- Where
- Ashtabula County, Andover
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.617, -80.567
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- July 28, 9:10 PM EST
- Where
- Lake County, Willoughby
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.633, -81.400
Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- July 28, 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Lorain County, Amherst
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -82.217
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sandusky
- When
- July 28, 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Sandusky County, Clyde
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.317, -82.967
Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- July 28, 9:35 PM EST to 9:40 PM EST
- Where
- Lorain County, Elyria
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.367, -82.100
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. Many trees and large limbs were downed. A car was heavily damaged by a fallen tree.
Thunderstorm Wind, Geauga
- When
- July 28, 9:35 PM EST
- Where
- Geauga County, Chesterland
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.517, -81.333
Thunderstorm winds downed one tree and a large limb.
Thunderstorm Wind, Summit
- When
- July 28, 9:35 PM EST
- Where
- Summit County, Richfield
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.233, -81.633
Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ashtabula
- When
- July 28, 9:55 PM EST
- Where
- Ashtabula County, Jefferson
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.733, -80.767
Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs west of Jefferson.
Thunderstorm Wind, Portage
- When
- July 28, 9:55 PM EST
- Where
- Portage County, Mantua
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.283, -81.217
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Medina
- When
- July 28, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Medina County, Lodi
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.033, -82.017
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Trumbull
- When
- July 28, 10:15 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull County, Farmdale
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.433, -80.617
Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs.
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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 28, 2002
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 28, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 28, 2002
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- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 28, 2002
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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: 5307386, 5307316, 5307382, 5307313, 5307319, 5307317, 5307383, 5307387, 5307318, 5307326, 5307381, 5307322, 5307380, 5307314, 5307384, 5307315, 5307320, 5307324, 5307321, 5307323, 5307325, 5307385.