4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 1:11 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 211 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002 SCT TSRA SPARKING OVER FCST AREA AND WILL INCLUDE THIS TONIGHT RANGING FROM 50 POPS NW TO 30 POPS SE. MAIN THREAT WILL BE HAILERS SINCE WIND FIELDS ARENT THAT IMPRESSIVE. HAVE BUMPED POPS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING TO CATEGORICAL WITH OCCASIONAL WORDING. HAVE ONLY TOUCHED UP TEMPS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WENT SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN GUIDANCE ON WED INTO THURS SINCE COLD AIR BEHIND FRONT SEEMS TO BE UNDERDONE BY MODELS. AFTER FROPA LATE WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE BUILDS IN AND A BROAD H5 RIDGE REMAINS OVER ERN U.S. AM CONCERNED THAT THERE WILL BE A GOOD AMOUNT OF CU ON BACK SIDE OF FRONT. STILL SOME MOISTURE CONVERGENCE HERE AND DOWNWARD MOTION ISNT THAT IMPRESSIVE TO KILL CU DEVELOPMENT. WILL CHANGE MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY HERE...AND TEMPS STILL LOOK REASONABLE IN THE LOWER 70S. WILL CONTINUE WITH PREVIOUS FCST AND JUST INCREASE DAYTIME TEMPS 2-3 DEGREES EACH DAY WITH A GRADUAL MODIFICATION OF THE AIRMASS. MOISTURE SHOULD BEGIN TO STREAM BACK IN FROM THE GULF...BUT DO NOT THINK THAT THE MRF SOLUTION OF THE DIGGING H5 TROF IN THE WRN GULF STATES IS REASONABLE. ECMWF...UKMET...AND CANADIAN ALL SUGGEST A WEAK RIDGE WHICH CUTS THAT WIDE PATH OF PRECIP NOTED ON MRF. SINCE THE GULF DOES BEGIN TO OPEN IN THE LOWER LEVELS...WILL CONTINUE A CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. MISILN OUT AROUND 3 PM. .ILN...NONE. FRANKS
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:51 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the eastern part of the county. There was minor damage to siding and gutters on a few homes on Betz Road, to the west of Lancaster.
Trees were knocked down on State Route 73 between Pine Gap Road and Jaybird Road.
Several trees were downed across the southern part of the county.
Numerous trees were knocked down across the western part of the county.
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: 5303547, 5303548, 5303549, 5303550, 5303551, 5303552.