Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 1 to 2, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 1 to 2, 2002
Start: 2002-05-01T23:55
End: 2002-05-02T00:10
Location: Ohio

May 1 to 2, 2002 · NWS RLX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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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Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 1, 8:02 PM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 8:02 PM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
902 PM EDT WED MAY 1 2002

DROPPING ONE WATCH AND ADDING ANOTHER.  ONE OF THOSE
SUPERCELLS...PARTICULARLY THE SECOND ONE...JUST MIGHT CLIP OUR SW VA
COUNTIES.  WHILE I AM AT IT...GOING TO TWEAK LOWS A BIT AS WELL.
EVERYTHING ELSE WILL REMAIN THE SAME.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 198 UNTIL 05Z FOR VAZ003-004.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END/ CL

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:56 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Perry

When: May 1, 11:55 PM EST
Where: Perry County, Thornville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.900, -82.417

Thunderstorm Wind, Perry

When: May 2, 12:05 AM EST to 12:10 AM EST
Where: Perry County, Glenford
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.883, -82.317

Power lines, trees, and a few road signs were blown down.

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, May 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: 5291633, 5291634.