Ohio, 2002

Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 4, 2002

July 4, 2002 · NWS CLE · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

3 hail, 2 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$52,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 4, 2:45 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:45 PM EST, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
345 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002

CDFNT ACRS LERI MOVG INLAND. AREA OF CONVECTION ALG FNT MOVG INTO NW
OH WHERE SOME SFC CONVECTN DIURNALY DRIVEN SHULD FADE INTO THE
EVENG. BUT DID INCLUDE AN EVENG PD OVR ALL BUT ASH CNTY & NW PA
WHERE AMS MORE STBLE. MUCH COOLER & DRIER AIR TO FILTER IN AFT THE
FNTL PASS TNGT WL SET UP A SUNNY & PLEASNT WEEKEND WI TEMPS NR THE
NORMALS. THE NXT CHC FOR PCPN MAY OCCUR LATE MON INTO ERY TUE WI
ANOTHER SFC FNT, BUT MST OF NXT WEEK SHULD BE DRY.
...MISCLE AVBL...

.CLE...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
SEM

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:25 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wood

When
July 4, 3:25 PM EST
Where
Wood County, Rising Sun
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.267, -83.433

Thunderstorm winds downed a few power poles two miles south of Rising Sun.

Hail, Seneca

When
July 4, 4:04 PM EST
Where
Seneca County, Bascom
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.133, -83.283

Quarter size hail was observed.

Hail, Summit

When
July 4, 5:10 PM EST
Where
Summit County, Norton
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.017, -81.617

Golf ball size hail was observed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Medina

When
July 4, 5:10 PM EST
Where
Medina County, Wadsworth
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.033, -81.750

Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs near Wadsworth.

Hail, Stark

When
July 4, 6:05 PM EST
Where
Stark County, Hartville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
40.967, -81.333

Dime size hail was observed just northeast of Hartville.

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.
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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5306875, 5306871, 5306872, 5306874, 5306873.