7 thunderstorm wind, 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 May 12, 10:04 AM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1104 AM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002 DWPTS ON THE RISE. 85H WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KT. ONLY GOOD THING IS WBZ AROUND 11K. WATCHES IN PLACE ALREADY. RAISED SOME TEMPS ON UPDATE OTRWS LITTLE TO CHANGE. .PBZ... MD...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 AM EDT MONDAY FOR ZONE MDZ001. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR ZONE MDZ001. OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 AM EDT MONDAY FOR ZONES OHZ039>041... OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR ZONES OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069. PA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 AM EDT MONDAY FOR ZONES PAZ020>021... PAZ023...PAZ029>032. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR ZONES PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ020>023...PAZ029>032. FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR ZONES PAZ007>009... PAZ013>016...PAZ022. WV...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 AM EDT MONDAY FOR ZONES WVZ001>004... WVZ012...WVZ021>023...WVZ041. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR ZONES WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>023.
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-121945- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 948 AM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002 ..SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...MUCH OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR COUNTIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA NORTH OF PITTSBURGH WHILE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MAINLY FROM PITTSBURGH SOUTH...EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. SKYWARN ACTIVATION SEEMS LIKELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES...WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-122000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1041 AM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY ARMSTRONG BEAVER BUTLER CLARION FAYETTE FOREST GREENE INDIANA JEFFERSON LAWRENCE MERCER VENANGO WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND IN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARION MARSHALL MONONGALIA OHIO PRESTON WETZEL IN OHIO... BELMONT CARROLL COLUMBIANA COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON MONROE MUSKINGUM NOBLE TUSCARAWAS IN MARYLAND... GARRETT REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. IF SEVERE WEATHER BECOMES CERTAIN...WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED.
OHZ039-048-057-058-068-121645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1149 AM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS PUSHING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO. THEY WILL MOVE INTO COSHOCTON AND MUSKINGUM COUNTIES BETWEEN 1245 AM AND 115 PM. BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY...SOME HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM. IF THESE STORMS BECOME SEVERE...WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:36 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees at the intersection of County Road 26 and Township Road 24.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines. One pickup truck was damaged in the Wellsville area when large tree limbs fell on it and crushed the roof.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines.
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, 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: 5299298, 5299299, 5299300, 5299302, 5299301, 5299303, 5299304.