1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Feb 1, 11:00 AM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1100 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2002
UPDATE MRNG ZONES AGAIN TO ADD 6 RDGE CNTYS TO NOW TO HIGH
WIND WARNING. REST SAME.
.PBZ...
MD...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY FOR ZONE MDZ001.
OH...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY FOR ZONES OHZ039>041...
OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069.
PA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY FOR ZONES PAZ023-030-032
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY FOR ZONES PAZ007>009
PAZ013>016...PAZ020>022...PAZ029-031.
WV...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY FOR ZONES WVZ023-041
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY FOR ZONES WVZ001>004
WVZ012...WVZ021-022.1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from the northwest following a cold frontal passage downed numerous trees and power lines across the county. Locations most affected were Oakland, Savage River State Park, and the Deep Creek Lake area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maryland in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, February 2002
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: 5283383.