1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 May 2, 5:48 AM EST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 648 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 ISSUED ZONES TO REMOVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM ALL AREAS. .PBZ... MD...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONE MDZ001. OH...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES OHZ039...OHZ048>050... OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069. PA...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES PAZ021...PAZ029>032. WV...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES WVZ001>004...WVZ012... WVZ021>023...WVZ041.
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-021315- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 321 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 ...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING... GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS, HEAVY RAIN, HAIL AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM NEW PHILADELPHIA TO STEUBENVILLE IN OHIO TO PITTSBURGH TO LATROBE IN PENNSYLVANIA. SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS ADVISED.
OHZ039-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ021-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023- 041-021200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 424 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY FAYETTE GREENE WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND IN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARION MARSHALL MONONGALIA OHIO PRESTON TUCKER WETZEL IN OHIO... BELMONT COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON MONROE MUSKINGUM NOBLE TUSCARAWAS
PAZ014-020>023-030-021030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 519 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLOOD WATCH UPDATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH RADAR SHOWED FAST-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH WILL BE MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH THE PITTSBURGH METRO AREA UNTIL AROUND 6:00 OR 6:30 AM. BEWARE OF PONDED WATER ON ROADS...LOW VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR POWER INTERRUPTIONS AND FLYING DEBRIS. THERE CAN ALSO BE PEA SIZED HAIL.
MDZ001-WVZ021>023-041-021030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 528 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLOOD WATCH UPDATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH RADAR SHOWED FAST-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH WILL BE MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH THE FAIRMONT WEST VIRGINIA AND INTERSTATE 68 CORRIDOR INTO PRESTON AND GARRETT COUNTIES...UNTIL AROUND 6:00 OR 6:30 AM. BEWARE OF PONDED WATER ON ROADS...LOW VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR POWER INTERRUPTIONS AND FLYING DEBRIS. THERE CAN ALSO BE PEA SIZED HAIL.
OHZ039-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ021-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023- 041-021200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 614 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OHIO... BELMONT COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON MONROE MUSKINGUM NOBLE TUSCARAWAS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY FAYETTE GREENE WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND IN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARION MARSHALL MONONGALIA OHIO PRESTON TUCKER WETZEL
PAZ021-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-021045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 640 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY FAYETTE GREENE WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND IN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARION MARSHALL MONONGALIA OHIO PRESTON TUCKER WETZEL
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:17 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorm rains estimated by radar to be between 2 and 3 inches produced roadway flooding in the Oakland 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, May 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: 5299477.