Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- May 2, 12:25 AM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Claridon
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.583, -83.000
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 2, 2002
3 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.
- 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
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 May 1, 9:10 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 9:10 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1010 PM EDT WED MAY 1 2002 NEED TO UPDATE TO TAKE OUT EARLY WORDING. ALSO TO UPDATE TEMPS AND BOOST A CAT GVN CLDS AND SELY FLOW. .CLE... OH...NONE PA...NONE
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:27 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- May 2, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Richland County, Bellville
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.617, -82.517
Thunderstorm winds downed many trees. Two homes were significantly damaged by fallen trees and a small shed was knocked down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- May 2, 1:00 AM EST to 1:15 AM EST
- Where
- Knox County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.417, -82.467
Thunderstorm winds downed many trees across the northern half of the county.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, May 2 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Rip Currents in Florida, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Flooding in Kentucky, May 2 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Tornado in Maryland, May 2, 2002
- Flood in Pennsylvania, May 2, 2002
- Hail in Illinois, May 2, 2002
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 2, 2002
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5296393, 5296394, 5296395.