Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 4, 2002

Name: Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 4, 2002
Start: 2002-06-04T09:50
End: 2002-06-04T17:00
Location: Ohio

June 4, 2002 · NWS PBZ · 12 events in 5 counties and zones

6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $21,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 12

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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 9:44 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 9:44 AM EST, 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1044 AM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

WILL UPDATE TO INCLUDE CHC SEVERE IN ALL ZNS AS BUFKIT SHOWING CAPES
VCNTY 2000...LIS -5 AND WARM FRONT MOVING THRU. APPEARS WARM FRNT
JUST AT PA-OH BORDER AND SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY TO MOUNTAINS BY EVENING.
ALSO NUMBER OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM LAST NIGHT AND ONGOING
CONVECTION TO FIRE ON. WILL KEEP POPS IN LIKELY CAT WITH WARM FRONT
IN VCNTY. REST OF FORECAST UNCHANGED. WITH UPPER SHORT WV AND FRONT
APPROACHING SHOULD BE EVEN BETTER DAY TOMORROW FOR SEVERE.

.PBZ...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:48 UTC.

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Event by event

6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskingum

When: June 4, 9:50 AM EST
Where: Muskingum County, 2 mi S of Zanesville
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.917, -82.017

Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.

Hail, Muskingum

When: June 4, 1:19 PM EST
Where: Muskingum County, 2 mi NW of Zanesville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.967, -82.050

Flash Flood, Muskingum

When: June 4, 2:00 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
Where: Muskingum County, Zanesville
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.965, -81.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several rounds of heavy thunderstorm rains produced street flooding in downtown Zanesville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Guernsey

When: June 4, 2:30 PM EST
Where: Guernsey County, Senecaville
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.933, -81.467

Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskingum

When: June 4, 2:30 PM EST
Where: Muskingum County, 10 mi S of Zanesville
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.800, -82.017

Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and power lines.

Flash Flood, Guernsey

When: June 4, 2:35 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Guernsey County, Byesville
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.052, -81.494 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy thunderstorm rains produced street and roadway flooding in the Byesville area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Columbiana

When: June 4, 3:05 PM EST
Where: Columbiana County, Lisbon
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.783, -80.767

Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees and power lines.

Hail, Carroll

When: June 4, 3:15 PM EST
Where: Carroll County, Minerva
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.733, -81.100

Thunderstorm Wind, Columbiana

When: June 4, 3:29 PM EST
Where: Columbiana County, Rogers
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.800, -80.617

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Belmont

When: June 4, 3:30 PM EST
Where: Belmont County, Powhatan Pt
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.867, -80.817

Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees and power lines.

Hail, Carroll

When: June 4, 3:52 PM EST
Where: Carroll County, Minerva
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.733, -81.100

Hail, Columbiana

When: June 4, 4:34 PM EST
Where: Columbiana County, Summitville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.683, -80.883

What these are

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

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: 5301211, 5301288, 5301290, 5301289, 5301291, 5301292, 5301293, 5300804, 5301294, 5301295, 5300805, 5300806.