Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 27, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 27, 2002
Start: 2002-06-27T12:05
End: 2002-06-27T12:50
Location: Ohio

June 27, 2002 · NWS CLE · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 Jun 27, 2:30 AM EST, 9 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:30 AM EST, 9 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
330 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

FNT SHD BE THRU NW OH BY 18Z SO XPCT JUST SCT SHWRS/TSTMS THERE.
RMNDR OF AREA LIKELY.  RAISED TEMPS FM GUID..MID 80S IN NW AND U80S
ELSEWHERE.  REST OF FCST LOOKS RSNBL...SHWRS LINGERING IN SE SXN ERY
OTRW PTCLDY ACRS THE AREA.  THEN MSNY AND LESS HUMID AND WARM FRI.

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:06 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Stark

When: June 27, 12:05 PM EST
Where: Stark County, Canton
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.800, -81.383

Dime size was observed in Canton near Belden Village.

Thunderstorm Wind, Knox

When: June 27, 12:10 PM EST
Where: Knox County, Fredericktown
Property damage: $8,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.483, -82.550

Thunderstorm winds downed at least three trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Knox

When: June 27, 12:50 PM EST
Where: Knox County, Bladensburg
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 40.283, -82.283

Thunderstorm winds downed four trees.

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5305339, 5305340, 5305341.