Ohio, 2002Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 3, 2002
September 3, 2002 · NWS CLE · 20 events in 10 counties and zones
13 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $138,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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 3, 9:50 AM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 9:50 AM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1050 AM EDT TUE SEP 3 2002
CDFNT MOVG SLOW. WL UPDATE SOME OF THE TIMING TO KP TSTMS IN LONGER.
ALSO WL CHANGE WORDG TO SCT FOR SRN PTN OF FA AND MENTION RISK OF
SVR. AS DISCUSSED WITH SPC THE MAIN THREAT IS FOR WIND DAMAGE. MAY
ADJUST SOME TEMPS UP AFTER LOOKG AT 15Z OBS. OTRW NO CHANGES.
.CLE...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
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Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- September 3, 2:30 PM EST to 2:40 PM EST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County, North Royalton
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.317, -81.733
Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs in North Royalton and Cleveland.
Hail, Geauga
- When
- September 3, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Geauga County, Russell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.467, -81.333
Dime size hail was observed.
Hail, Trumbull
- When
- September 3, 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull County, Warren
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.233, -80.817
Dime size hail was observed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Summit
- When
- September 3, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Summit County, Akron
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.083, -81.500
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
Hail, Portage
- When
- September 3, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Portage County, Kent
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -81.350
Quarter size hail was observed two miles south of Kent.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stark
- When
- September 3, 4:00 PM EST to 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Stark County, Hartville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.967, -81.333
Thunderstorm winds downed one tree in Hartville and a large limb in Alliance.
Thunderstorm Wind, Trumbull
- When
- September 3, 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull County, Newton Falls
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.183, -80.983
Thunderstorm winds downed three large trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Summit
- When
- September 3, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Summit County, Akron
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 41.083, -81.500
Thunderstorm winds downed one tree and a large limb.
Hail, Wayne
- When
- September 3, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Wooster
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -81.933
Dime size hail was observed near Wooster.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mahoning
- When
- September 3, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Mahoning County, Boardman
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.033, -80.683
Thunderstorm winds downed two trees and several large limbs. A garage was damaged by a fallen tree.
Hail, Portage
- When
- September 3, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Portage County, Kent
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -81.350
Dime size hail was observed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mahoning
- When
- September 3, 4:35 PM EST to 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Mahoning County, Youngstown
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.067, -80.650
Thunderstorm winds downed two trees.
Hail, Stark
- When
- September 3, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Stark County, Massillon
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.783, -81.550
Nickel size hail was observed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- September 3, 4:50 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Knox County, Fredericktown
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.483, -82.550
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree limb in Fredericktown and a tree near Apple Valley Lake.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stark
- When
- September 3, 4:58 PM EST
- Where
- Stark County, Alliance
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.917, -81.100
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.
Hail, Holmes
- When
- September 3, 5:06 PM EST
- Where
- Holmes County, Millersburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -81.917
Quarter size hail was observed south of Millersburg.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stark
- When
- September 3, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Stark County, Alliance
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.917, -81.100
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power poles. A home was damaged by a fallen tree.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mahoning
- When
- September 3, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Mahoning County, Boardman
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.033, -80.683
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Holmes
- When
- September 3, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Holmes County, Millersburg
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -81.917
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees west of Millersburg.
Thunderstorm Wind, Holmes
- When
- September 3, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Holmes County, Charm
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- POST OFFICE
- Coordinates
- 40.517, -81.800
Thunderstorm winds downed a couple large tree limbs three miles south of Charm.
- 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.
- 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.
- Excessive Heat in Georgia, September 3 to 12, 200297 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, September 3, 2002$83,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 events
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 3, 2002$42,000 · 6 events
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, September 3, 2002$25,000 · 58 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in New York, September 3, 2002$20,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in New York, September 3, 2002$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 3, 2002$12,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Montana, September 3, 200252 kt wind · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 3, 2002$6,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 3, 2002$10,000 · 53 kt wind · 1 event
- Rip Current in California, September 3 to 4, 20021 event
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, September 3, 20020.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 5320370, 5320261, 5320260, 5320262, 5320363, 5320268, 5320371, 5320366, 5320263, 5320368, 5320369, 5320365, 5320264, 5320364, 5320266, 5320267, 5320269, 5320265, 5320372, 5320367.