Ohio, 2002

Hail in Ohio, June 2, 2002

June 2, 2002 · NWS RLX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 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
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 1, 2:39 PM EST, 10 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:39 PM EST, 10 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
335 PM EDT SAT JUNE 1 2002

SHORT RANGE TONIGHT-MON NIGHT...

SEVERE WX MOVED THROUGH WAYNE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.  REPORTS OF
HAIL...MARBLE AND DIME SIZE.  ALSO HEAVY RAIN.  RADAR ESTIMATES
GIVING ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN.  OF COURSE SOME OF THIS IS PROBABLY HAIL CONTAMINATED.

OTHER THAN THAT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER SAME AREA.
 TAKING A LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS THIS AREA.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST IN SOUTHERN AREA...LEAVING THE NORTH
DRY THIS AFTERNOON.

LOOKING FOR THE SAME OLD STORY FOR THE SHORT TERM...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  PLAYED A BIT WITH TIMING..BUT NOT TOO MANY CHANGES
COMPARED TO PREVIOUS ISSUANCE.

EXTENDED RANGE (TUES-SATURDAY)...
WARM SECTOR MODE WITH DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY.  WENT WITH IDEA
OF FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY AND IN THE AREA
THURS-SAT.  ADDED POPS ACCORDINGLY FRI-SAT PER ISC.  NOT FAR FROM
NUMBERS ON TEMPS OR POPS.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END / KS + TRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:03 PM EST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
ZCZC CRWLSRRLX DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
803 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2002

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

801 PM    FLATWOODS                 KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/01/02   GREENUP                       EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                         746 PM  AND  801 PM

NWUS51 KRLX 020003
LSRRLX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0803 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2002

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0801 PM    FLATWOODS                 KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/01/02   GREENUP                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0746 PM  AND  0801 PM
Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:08 PM EST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0808 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2002

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0806 PM    ASHLAND                   KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/01/02   BOYD                           EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0751 PM  AND  0806 PM
Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:12 PM EST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0812 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2002

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0808 PM    ASHLAND                   KY   .50 INCH HAIL
06/01/02   BOYD                           EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0753 PM  AND  0808 PM

0810 PM    ASHLAND                   KY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/01/02   BOYD                           EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0755 PM  AND  0810 PM
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:21 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
KYZ105-WVZ005-006-013-020215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
821 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THRU THE TRI STATE REGION...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER CABELL...LINCOLN...
WAYNE...AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO
PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.  UP TO A HALF AN INCH
COULD FALL IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES...OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS.
THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  YOUR NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THE SITUATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Perry

When
June 2, 1:01 AM EST
Where
Perry County, Shawnee
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.600, -82.217

What these are

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: 5301477.