Ohio, 2002

Hail in Ohio, May 25, 2002

May 25, 2002 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 May 25, 1:46 PM EST, 8 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 1:46 PM EST, 8 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
246 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2002

PLENTY OF CLOUDS THRU EARLY AFTN  BUT WAA CONTS TO SPILL INTO SRN
SXNS CWA AS WARM FRONT NOW MOVES NEWD.
SFC LOW ATTM OVER SE LWR LK MICH WITH STRONG CONVECTION PRECEDING IT
IN WRN INDIANA/SERN ILL...WHICH WILL AFFECT REGION TNGT...ARRIVING
AFT 00Z/26. HAVE CONTD WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS/HAIL WORDING THOUGH
SYSTEM WILL HAVE LOST DIURNAL HEATING ELEMENT.
GUID SHOWS MOST DYNAMICS PULLED NWD INTO SERN CANADA OVNGT THOUGH.
AVN MDL FASTEST WITH ETA SLOWEST OF 3 MDLS PUSHING COLD FRONT THRU
BTWN 06-12Z/26 IN ORDER. WILL COMPROMISE AND EXPECT FRONT TO REACH
M/D LINE BY 12Z/26. FRONT WILL MOVE SWD AND STALL. WILL MAINTAIN CHC
POPS SRN SXNS SUN MRNG. WILL BE OPTIMISTIC FOR SUN ON MEMORIAL DAY.
THRU MID WEEK IN BTWN SYSTEMS...BUT WILL CONT WITH CHC PRECIP FOR
THRS/FRI.

PIT   56  73  50  78 /  70  30  10  10
HLG   56  72  50  78 /  70  30  10  10
MGW   59  75  51  80 /  70  30  10  10
ZZV   59  75  50  80 /  70  30  10  10
PHD   55  73  49  78 /  70  30  10  10
FKL   53  70  47  76 /  70  20  10  10
DUJ   52  69  46  75 /  70  20  10  10
LBE   57  74  51  79 /  70  30  10  10
BTP   54  71  48  76 /  70  20  10  10
IDI   55  72  48  77 /  70  30  10  10
ODM   58  72  47  77 /  70  40  20  10

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

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Columbiana

When
May 25, 10:00 PM EST
Where
Columbiana County, Salem
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.900, -80.850

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5299378.