High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 1, 2002

Name: High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 1, 2002
Start: 2002-02-01T10:00
End: 2002-02-01T17:00
Location: Pennsylvania

February 1, 2002 · NWS CLE · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

A strong cold front moved east across Northwest Pennsylvania during the morning hours. Damaging westerly winds behind this front downed many trees.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $95,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.

A strong cold front moved east across Northwest Pennsylvania during the morning hours. Damaging westerly winds behind this front downed many trees. A 67 mph wind gust was measured seven miles southeast of Erie. Scattered power outages also occurred.

What forecasters said that day

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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 1, 9:55 AM EST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 9:55 AM EST, 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
955 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2002

STG CDFNT ALG THE OH PA BDR ATTM WITH ABOUT A 15 DEG TEMP FALL AT
FROPA. STG SFC WNDS HAVE DVLPED JUST BEHIND THE FNT WITH GUSTS OF 45
TO 60 MPH REPORTED. DTW MORNG SOUNDING SHOWED 850 MB WINDS AROUND 55
KTS WITH SOMEWHAT WK WINDS BLO AT 12Z. SHORT RANGE MODELS IN
AGREEMENT ABOUT DVLPG AT STG LOW-LEVEL WIND MAX OF 55-60 KNOTS DOWN
TO 925 MB FM NR TOL ALONG THE LAKESHORE TO BUF DURING THE 14-20Z
TIMEFRAME.

WILL UPGRADE THE WIND ADVISORY TO A HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH 4 PM
FOR THE ENTIRE CWA.

.CLE...
.OH...HIGH WIND WARNING OH CWA FOR AFTN. STORM WARNING LERI.
.PA...HIGH WIND WARNING ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES FOR AFTN. STORM
WARNING LERI.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Crawford

When: February 1, 10:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Crawford forecast zone
Property damage: $35,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.685, -80.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Northern Erie

When: February 1, 10:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Northern Erie forecast zone
Property damage: $35,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.118, -80.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Southern Erie

When: February 1, 10:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Southern Erie forecast zone
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.118, -80.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, February 2002

Sources

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: 5283834, 5283835, 5283836.