Hail, Champaign
- When
- June 27, 11:16 AM EST to 11:18 AM EST
- Where
- Champaign County, North Lewisburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.217, -83.550
Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 27, 2002
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $44,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 27, 9:50 AM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 9:50 AM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1050 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO NORTHERN INDIANA. THE FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAPES ARE FCST TO BE AROUND 1200 J/KG WITH PRECIP WATER AT 1.7 INCHES SO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. MUCH OF AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SVR WX TODAY SO WILL ISSUE AN SPS. CURRENT FCST LOOKS GOOD OVERALL...BUT MAY CLEAN UP MAINLY AFTERNOON WORDING IN CMH. .ILN...NONE. CENTER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:04 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1104 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA...OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED MUCH OF THE REGION IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:18 UTC.
Event by event
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- June 27, 11:40 AM EST to 11:42 AM EST
- Where
- Union County, 8 mi N of Marysville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -83.367
Trees were blown over on Kaiser Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- June 27, 12:05 PM EST to 12:07 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware County, 1 mi SW of Ostrander
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- POST OFFICE
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -83.233
Trees were knocked down on Stover Road. Other trees were reported down across the county.
Thunderstorm Wind, Licking
- When
- June 27, 12:30 PM EST to 12:44 PM EST
- Where
- Licking County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.117, -82.467
Trees were blown down across the county.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 27, 12:45 PM EST to 12:47 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, New Albany
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 40.083, -82.800
Several trees were knocked down in the far northeast part of the county.
Lightning, Darke
- When
- June 27, 1:25 PM EST
- Where
- Darke County, 8 mi NE of Union City
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.133, -84.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- June 27, 2:33 PM EST to 2:35 PM EST
- Where
- Greene County, Fairborn
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.817, -84.017
Several trees ranging from two to ten inches in diameter were knocked down at the Wright-Patterson AFB Golf Club.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 27, 3:05 PM EST to 3:07 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, 2 mi N of Whitehall
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -82.883
Trees were blown down just south of Port Columbus International Airport.
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- June 27, 3:30 PM EST to 3:32 PM EST
- Where
- Madison County, 4 mi N of London
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.933, -83.450
Trees were knocked down at the intersection of US 42 and Spring Valley Road, and throughout the central part of the county.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 27, 3:30 PM EST to 3:32 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, 1 mi N of Reynoldsburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 39.967, -82.817
Strong winds peeled siding off a house, causing minor structural damage. Trees were also blown down throughout the area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Licking
- When
- June 27, 3:30 PM EST to 3:34 PM EST
- Where
- Licking County, 2 mi S of Utica
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -82.450
Trees were knocked down across the northern part of the county.
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 27, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 27, 2002
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- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New York, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 27, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 27, 2002
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 27, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Vermont, June 27, 2002
More
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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: 5304588, 5304677, 5304672, 5304673, 5304678, 5304681, 5304680, 5304679, 5304674, 5304675, 5304676.