1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 14, 7:20 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE 820 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2002 LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS MOST OF PA. LARGE CLUSTER OF ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER WV WILL ALSO ADVECT INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE PCPN OVER MOST AREAS WELL PAST MIDNIGHT. 18Z MESO ETA HINTS AT ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE TRIGGERING THE WV PCPN AROUND 00Z. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST...MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PA BETWEEN 06Z AND 09Z. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SUPPORTS THE EXISTENCE OF THIS SHORTWAVE...CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN KY. WILL THEREFORE UPDATE ZONES EARLY...TO REFLECT THE PCPN LASTING A BIT LONGER THAN PREVIOUSLY FCST...AND ENDING OVERNIGHT. ALSO WILL TWEAK TEMPS HIGHER SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT..BASED ON CURRENT OBS AND MAV/FAN GUIDANCE. KEPT IN FOG DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. WORK ZONES OUT...WILL ISSUE UPDATED PACKAGE AROUND 830 PM. CTP...NONE. JUNG
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:27 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the town of Cashtown. One tree fell on a house, causing some damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, April 2002
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