2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 13, 12:30 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 130 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2002 FLOOD WATCH EXPANDED FARTHER NORTH. .PBZ... MD...FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY FOR ZONE MDZ001. OH...FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY FOR ZONES OHZ059...OHZ068>069. PA...FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY FOR ZONES PAZ023...PAZ029>032. WV...FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY FOR ZONES WVZ003>004...WVZ012... WVZ021>023...WVZ041. JMP
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-132130- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1127 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE BIGGEST THREAT IS LOCATED NEAR THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AND SOUTH. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorm rains produced flooding along State Route 800 near Somerton.
Heavy thunderstorm rains produced basement and roadway flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 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: 5301302, 5301303.