Hail, Hancock
- When
- June 3, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Arlington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.883, -83.633
Dime size hail was observed.
Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 3, 2002
5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $137,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 3, 1:20 PM EST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:20 PM EST, 6 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 220 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2002 SPC IS KEEPING OH OUT OF A WATCH ATTM BUT STILL OUTLOOKED FOR SLGHT RSK XCPT FOR XTRM NE...WL MEN CHC SVR ALL BUT THERE. WRMFNT WL MOV THRU MOST OF THE AREA BY 12Z...XCPT NE. WL KEEP TEMPS A LTL COOLER THERE FOR LOWS. SHWRS/TSTMS LIKELY TNGHT THEN CHC TUE. TEMPS LOOK OK. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 160 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:08 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hancock
- When
- June 3, 8:20 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Mt Blanchard
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.900, -83.550
Dime size hail was observed.
Hail, Wyandot
- When
- June 3, 8:35 PM EST
- Where
- Wyandot County, Kirby
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- POST OFFICE
- Coordinates
- 40.817, -83.417
Dime size hail was observed three miles west of Kirby.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sandusky
- When
- June 3, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sandusky County, Fremont
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -83.117
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Hail, Richland
- When
- June 3, 9:10 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, Lexington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.667, -82.583
Dime size hail was observed east of Lexington near the intersection of Interstate 71 and State Route 13.
Flash Flood, Crawford
- When
- June 3, 9:15 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford County, Crestline
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.851, -82.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms dumped over three inches of rain on southeastern Crawford County. Widespread street and lowland flooding occurred resulting in many roads being closed. Up to two feet of water was reported flowing over roads in Crestline.
Flash Flood, Richland
- When
- June 3, 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.775, -82.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms dumped two to three inches of rain on the southern and western sections of Richland County. Widespread street and lowland flooding occurred. Several roads had to be closed due to flooding.
Hail, Richland
- When
- June 3, 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, Mansfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.767, -82.517
Quarter size hail was observed.
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, June 3 to 4, 2002
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 3 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Illinois, June 3 to 4, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 3, 2002
- Hail in Colorado, June 3, 2002
- Hail in Colorado, June 3, 2002
- Hail in Kansas, June 3, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Illinois, June 3, 2002
- Hail in Colorado, June 3, 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: 5305241, 5305239, 5305240, 5305246, 5305242, 5305244, 5305245, 5305243.