Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 5, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 5, 2002
Start: 2002-06-05T14:45
End: 2002-06-05T17:15
Location: Ohio

June 5, 2002 · NWS PBZ · 6 events in 5 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $19,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 5, 1:15 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 1:15 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
215 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

WHATEVER CAP IS LEFT IS JUST ABOUT GONE. EXPECT SPC WATCH NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS. MODELS HAVE SLOWED FRONT DOWN AND WILL BRING A WAVE
ALONG IT THURS MID DAY. TRAINING OF CELLS OVERNIGHT A GOOD BET AS
FRONT LINES UP WITH UPPER FLOW WITH SHORT WV APPROACHING. FEEL
NORTHERN EXTENT OF HEAVY QPF MAY BE OVERDONE SO WILL GO WITH FLOOD
WATCH ALL BUT NORTHERN TIER COUNTIES THROUGH THURS MORNING. RIDGE
FINALLY BUILDS IN LATER IN THE DAY THURS WITH ANY LINGERING PRECIP
ENDING BY EVENING. NEXT CHANCE PRECIP MONDAY AS SW FLOW RETURNS.

TEMPS SIMILAR TO MOS.

PIT   64  70  55  76 /  90  80  30   0
HLG   67  72  55  76 /  90  80  30   0
MGW   67  70  55  76 /  90  80  30   0
ZZV   66  72  54  78 /  90  80  10   0
PHD   64  71  54  78 /  90  80  10   0
FKL   60  66  49  73 /  80  60  30   0
DUJ   61  66  49  72 /  80  60  30   0
LBE   64  70  55  76 /  90  80  30   0
BTP   60  66  49  73 /  80  60  30   0
IDI   64  70  55  76 /  90  80  30   0
ODM   63  67  54  70 /  90  80  40  10

.PBZ...
MD...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT INTO THURS MORNG FOR ZONE MDZ001.

OH...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT INTO THURS MORNG  FOR ZONES
OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069.

PA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT INTO THURS MORNG FOR ZONES
PAZ020>021...PAZ023...PAZ029>032.

WV...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT INTO THURS MORNG FOR ZONES
WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>023-041.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:44 AM EST, 5 hours 1 minute before

029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-052045-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1044 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FOR WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND
WESTERN MARYLAND THIS AFTERNOON.

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES TO BE DAMAGING WINDS
GUSTS. THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THAT COULD PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:09 PM EST, 36 minutes before

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-060100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
309 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...

  ALLEGHENY       ARMSTRONG       BEAVER          BUTLER
  CLARION         FAYETTE         FOREST          GREENE
  INDIANA         JEFFERSON       LAWRENCE        MERCER
  VENANGO         WASHINGTON      WESTMORELAND

IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  BROOKE          HANCOCK         MARSHALL        OHIO
  WETZEL

IN OHIO...

  BELMONT         CARROLL         COLUMBIANA      COSHOCTON
  GUERNSEY        HARRISON        JEFFERSON       MONROE
  MUSKINGUM       NOBLE           TUSCARAWAS

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:45 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Muskingum

When: June 5, 2:45 PM EST
Where: Muskingum County, Zanesville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.950, -82.017

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskingum

When: June 5, 2:45 PM EST
Where: Muskingum County, Zanesville
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.950, -82.017

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Coshocton

When: June 5, 3:55 PM EST
Where: Coshocton County, Warsaw
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.333, -82.000

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscarawas

When: June 5, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Tuscarawas County, Ragersville
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.450, -81.633

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in the Ragersville area, some of which fell across area roadways.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: June 5, 5:15 PM EST
Where: Carroll County, 2 mi S of Carrollton
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.533, -81.083

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Columbiana

When: June 5, 5:15 PM EST
Where: Columbiana County, 1 mi S of Salem
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.880, -80.850

Thunderstorm winds downed a few large 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: 5300807, 5300808, 5300809, 5300810, 5300811, 5300812.