Ohio, 2002

Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 4, 2002

July 4, 2002 · NWS ILN · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 hail, 1 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
$3,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
245 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002

UPPER RIDGE DOMINATES CENTRAL CONUS WX.  500MB HEIGHT FALLS WILL
OCCUR OVER ILN CWA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS A TROF DEVELOPS
ALONG THE EAST COAST.

SFC MAP HAS A COLD FRONT NEAR LAKE ERIE.  WIDELY SCT TSRA HAVE
DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT AND ALSO EAST OF COLUMBUS ALONG A WEAK
PREFRONTAL TROF.  FRONT IS PROGGED TO DROP THROUGH OUR CWA BY FRIDAY
MORNING...FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE AND LESS HUMID AIR FOR THE
WEEKEND.

I EXPECT WIDELY SCT TSRA TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS THE FRONT PUSHES
INTO OUR UNSTABLE AIRMASS.  DUE TO LIMITED COVERAGE...SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS FOR TSRA WILL STILL WORK FOR THIS EVENING.  AFTER THIS
EVENING...MOSTLY CLEAR NIGHTS AND MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS ARE IN STORE
THROUGH SUNDAY.

FWC TEMPS APPEAR A BIT ON THE WARM SIDE SO ILL UNDERCUT BY A DEGREE
OR TWO TOWARD THE ETA.

EXTENDED:  ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION ON MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.  12Z AVN IS SLOWER THAN LAST NIGHTS 00Z RUN...WHICH HAD
THE FRONT THROUGH THE AREA BY TUESDAY.  IM LEANING TOWARD THE NEWER
GUIDANCE IN KEEPING CHANCE TSRA FOR TUESDAY.

.ILN...NONE.

CONIGLIO

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:42 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Fairfield

When
July 4, 4:45 PM EST to 4:48 PM EST
Where
Fairfield County, Lancaster
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.717, -82.600

Numerous trees and power lines were also downed in Lancaster.

Thunderstorm Wind, Adams

When
July 4, 6:10 PM EST to 6:12 PM EST
Where
Adams County, Cedar Mills
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage
$3,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.817, -83.383

A few trees were knocked down along State Route 348.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 5311762, 5311763.