Hail, Summit
- When
- September 19, 4:02 AM EST
- Where
- Summit County, Sagamore Hills
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 41.317, -81.567
Dime size hail was observed.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 19, 2002
7 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.
- 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
- $77,000
- 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 Sep 19, 1:50 AM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 1:50 AM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 250 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2002 PREV FCST LOOKS RSNBL. HOWEVER HAVE CUT POPS ON FRI IN THE NW TO CHC. FNT IS STILL IN CNTRL IN. THERES SUFFICIENT MOIST BUT NO KICKER. SHD BE UNSTBL ENUF FOR SOME SHWRS/TSTMS BUT DONT FEET CONFIDENT ENUF FOR LIKELY. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:59 UTC.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- September 19, 4:45 AM EST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County, Solon
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.383, -81.433
Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and a large limb. The fallen tree damaged a house.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- September 19, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Mc Comb
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -83.783
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and large limbs. At least one car was damaged by fallen trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- September 19, 6:32 PM EST
- Where
- Wood County, Bowling Green
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.367, -83.667
Thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- September 19, 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Wood County, Perrysburg
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.567, -83.633
Thunderstorm winds downed one large tree limb.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sandusky
- When
- September 19, 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Sandusky County, Woodville
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -83.383
Thunderstorm winds downed three large trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- September 19, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ottawa County, Genoa
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.517, -83.367
Thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole and downed several large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- September 19, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Marion
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.583, -83.133
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.
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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- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, September 19, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 19, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 19, 2002
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 19, 2002
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, September 19, 2002
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Missouri, September 19, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Huron, September 19, 2002
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 19, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 19, 2002
More
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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: 5320459, 5320460, 5320462, 5320461, 5320465, 5320463, 5320464, 5320466.