3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 26, 2:15 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 315 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002 AREA MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH LIS -4 TO -7 ALTHOUGH RIDGE HAS SHIFTED EAST STILL WARM ENOUGH ALOFT TO HELP INHIBIT TSRA DEVELOPMENT. MOST THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG LAKE BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WHICH SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT CLOSER TO PREFRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS CENTRAL MICHIGAN. PREFER ETA SOLUTION OF MOVING CENTRAL GREAT LAKES FRONT LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. TRIED TO TIME PRECIP AS MUCH. STAYED CLOSE TO MOS DATA. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. DJB
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-262200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1130 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2002 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. ALSO...THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING SO HEAVY RAINS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. DJB
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed 20 to 30 trees one mile east of Shreve along Valley Road. At least one home was damaged by the fallen trees.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs near Millersburg.
Thunderstorm winds downed a tree in Jefferson and a second tree three miles south of town. The tree to the south of town damaged a parked car.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2002
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: 5305336, 5305337, 5305338.