Hail, Hamilton
- When
- June 25, 2:37 PM EST to 2:39 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, 2 mi S of Forest Park
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -84.517
Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 25, 2002
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 Jun 25, 1:40 PM EST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 1:40 PM EST, 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 240 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS AFTN DEPICTED A CLOSED UPR LVL LOW NR THE ARKLATEX REGION. SUBTROPICAL MSTR ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS LOW CONTS TO PUMP HIGH PWS INTO THE OHIO VLY. MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH SFC SYNOPTIC FEATURES...BUT THEY DIFFER WITH WEAK VORTICIES IN THE FLOW ALOFT. MOST MODELS SUGGEST (40 KM RUC/ETA/AVN) THERE SHOULD BE A WEAK VORT MAX JUST SOUTH OF THE OHIO IN N CNTRL KY. THIS IS VERY HARD TO DISCERN ON THE WATER VAPOR. IT IS HARD TO TELL IF THE CURRENT CONVECTION OVER THE SWRN CWFA IS BEING INDUCED BY THIS VORT OR THE WELL DEFINED VORT LOBE PIVOTING THRU WRN KY/SW IN. SINCE THERE IS A STRONG CONSENSUS THAT THIS VORT MAX EXISTS...WILL BASE EVENING FCST ON THIS. THE WEAK VORT MAX OVER N CNTRL KY IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT TO THE N AND NE THRU THE EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS SHOULD EVENTUALLY END ACRS THE SRN CWFA BY LATE EVENING AND AROUND MIDNIGHT FOR DAY AND CMH. ANOTHER WEAK VORT MAX OVER NRN IL IS PROGGED TO MOVE E INTO NRN IN/NW OHIO BY MORNING. THE APCH OF THIS WEAK VORT MAY KEEP ACTIVITY GOING ALL NIGHT IN THE FAR NORTH. ON WEDNESDAY...LOW LVL CONV AHEAD OF COLD FRONT PUSHING SE FROM THE UPR MS RIVER VLY WILL BE FOCUSED ACRS NRN THIRD OF IN/SRN MI AND NW OHIO. ELSEWHERE...SUMMER LIKE PATTERN HOLDS ON. AS A RESULT...ONLY A 30 POP FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS FOR MOST OF THE AREA LOOKS GOOD...EXCEPT THE FAR NORTH...WHERE 40 POP WILL BE EMPLOYED. FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...COLD FRONT APCHES THE REGION. ETA IS SLOWER WITH THE FRONT THAN THE AVN. H5 AMPLIFIED TROF ASSOCD WITH COLD FRONT LOOK SIMILAR IN BOTH THE AVN/ETA. THUS...EXPERIENCE SAYS THAT TAKING A BLEND OF THE FRONTAL POSITION IS THE BEST FCST. WILL BRING COLD FRONT TO A ZZV TO ILN TO N OF CVG LINE BY 00Z FRIDAY...AND SOUTH OF THE CWFA BY 06Z FRI. WITH CAPES PROGGED BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 J/KG...LOW LVL CONV ASSOCD WITH FRONT AND FAVORABLE UPR DIV FROM RR QUAD OF 250 MB JET...WILL GO LIKELY POPS IN THE N ON THURSDAY WITH LIKELY IN THE SOUTH FOR THURSDAY EVENING. WILL NOT STRAY MUCH FROM CURRENT MOS GUIDANCE AS IT LOOKS GOOD. LONG RANGE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT ON KEEPING FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND...SO WILL GO BACK TO A DRY FORECAST. WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY IN A SFC S TO SW FLOW ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BRING A SMALL CHC FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS...TYPICAL OF A SUMMER TIME PATTERN. .ILN...NONE. HICKMAN/RYAN
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:37 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Highland
- When
- June 25, 2:50 PM EST to 2:52 PM EST
- Where
- Highland County, 5 mi W of Hillsboro
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -83.717
Several trees were knocked down.
Flood, Highland
- When
- June 25, 2:50 PM EST to 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Highland forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.185, -83.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There were numerous reports of high water over roadways across the south central and southwest portions of Ohio as isolated, slow moving thunderstorms moved across the area during the afternoon. The heavy rains washed out the ground underneath a house on a hillside in Westwood, leaving it on the verge of collapse.
Flood, Hamilton
- When
- June 25, 3:00 PM EST to 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.196, -84.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There were numerous reports of high water over roadways across the south central and southwest portions of Ohio as isolated, slow moving thunderstorms moved across the area during the afternoon. The heavy rains washed out the ground underneath a house on a hillside in Westwood, leaving it on the verge of collapse.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- June 25, 3:32 PM EST to 3:38 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Celina
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -84.567
High winds knocked down over 100 trees in the city, including twenty which were two feet in diameter or larger. There were several reports of trees falling on cars and homes producing minor damage. A woman sustained fractured ribs when a large branch struck her car during the storm. The storm also produced dime sized hail throughout town.
Thunderstorm Wind, Auglaize
- When
- June 25, 4:00 PM EST to 4:02 PM EST
- Where
- Auglaize County, Minster
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -84.367
Numerous trees fell near Minster and to the south of Saint Marys.
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.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Maryland, June 25 to 26, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, June 25, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 25, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 25, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 25, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 25, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, June 25, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 25, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 25, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 25, 2002
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2002
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: 5304489, 5304491, 5304574, 5304575, 5304490, 5304492.