Ohio, 2002

Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 30, 2002

May 30, 2002 · NWS CLE · 8 events in 5 counties and zones

4 hail, 4 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$112,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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 30, 10:00 AM EST, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 10:00 AM EST, 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1100 AM EDT THU MAY 30 2002

LATE THIS MORNING...THE CLOUDS WERE STARTING TO ERODE OVER NW
PA...SC OH AND NE OH.  THE CLOUDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BREAK UP THIS
AFTERNOON OVER ALL OF THE CWA...AND THE SKIES SHOULD BECOME PARTLY
CLOUDY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

TEMPS YESTERDAY GOT UP TO AROUND 80 DEGREES OVER NC OH...NW PA AND
IN THE UPPER 70S OVER SC OH AND IN THE LOWER 80S OVER NW OH WITH
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.  THE 850 TEMPS ARE ABOUT 2 TO 3 DEGREES WARMER
THAN YESTERDAY AND MORE SUNSHINE TOO...TEMPS SHOULD WARM UP TO
AROUND 80 DEGREES IN SC OHIO...INTO THE LOWER 80S IN NC OH...LOWER
TO MID 80S IN NW OH AND INTO UPPER 70S IN NW PA.

A LAKE BREEZE SHOULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE LAKESHORE.
SO, I AM GOING TO MENTION IN THE ZONES COOLER NEAR THE LAKESHORE.

THANKS FOR THE COORD WITH ILN, BUF, AND DTX.

.CLE...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.

BAXTER

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:57 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mahoning

When
May 30, 10:54 AM EST
Where
Mahoning County, Youngstown
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.067, -80.650

Quarter size hail was reported.

Hail, Mahoning

When
May 30, 10:55 AM EST
Where
Mahoning County, Lowellville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.033, -80.533

Dime size hail was reported.

Thunderstorm Wind, Mahoning

When
May 30, 10:58 AM EST
Where
Mahoning County, Campbell
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.083, -80.600

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Holmes

When
May 30, 2:45 PM EST to 2:50 PM EST
Where
Holmes County, Millersburg
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.550, -81.917

Thunderstorm winds downed trees and large limbs near Millersburg and Walnut Creek. A garage was crushed by a fallen tree in Walnut Creek and a house north of Millersburg was also damaged by a fallen tree.

Thunderstorm Wind, Knox

When
May 30, 3:40 PM EST
Where
Knox County, Gambier
Property damage
$7,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.367, -82.217

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.

Hail, Erie

When
May 30, 5:10 PM EST
Where
Erie County, Berlin Hgts
Measured
0.88 in hail
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.317, -82.500

Nickel size hail was reported.

Thunderstorm Wind, Erie

When
May 30, 5:30 PM EST
Where
Erie County, Berlin Hgts
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
41.317, -82.500

Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.

Hail, Lorain

When
May 30, 5:44 PM EST
Where
Lorain County, Lorain
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.467, -82.183

Dime size hail was reported three miles east of Lorain.

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

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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: 5296272, 5296273, 5296275, 5296279, 5296277, 5296274, 5296278, 5296276.