Pennsylvania, 2002

Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 2, 2002

July 2, 2002 · NWS PBZ · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
235 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

CONVECTION ERUPTING ALONG CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM NERN
TIERS TO SW FA. LOCATION WRT TO UPPER RIDGE WILL TEND TO KEEP TSTMS
PROPAGATING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST FOR PART OF THE EVENING UNTIL
BOUNDARY MOVES OFF TO THE SE AND HEATING LETS UP. WILL MENTION HEAVY
DOWNPOURS FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF PIT AND LEAVE OUT OF EXTREME
NWRN TIER COUNTIES. PC W PTCHY FOG LATER TONIGHT. SIMILAR SCENARIO
TMRW THOUGH CONVECTION WILL BE FURTHER E INTO THE RIDGES.
NEXT BOUNDARY MOVING SLOWLY SWRD OUT OF NW MAY TRIGGER SCTD
CONVECTION WED NIGHT THOUGH AS IT MOVES INTO RIDGE TENDS TO LOSE ITS
DEFINITION. AS IT REACHES OUR SRN TIERS MAY TRIGGER TRW LATER IN THE
AFTN ON THE 4TH. QUIET WEATHER THEREAFTER AS DRIER RDG BUILDS
ACROSS.
NEXT CHC OF PRECIP NOT UNTIL MON-TUES AS CHANGE TO COOLER WEATHER IN
THE CARDS AS HEIGHTS FALL. TEMPS SIMILAR TO MOS THOUGH WENT A FEW
DEGREES COOLER THAN FWC NOS FOR THE 4TH.

PIT   70  91  68  85 /  20   0  30  10
HLG   70  92  68  85 /  20   0  30  10
MGW   69  92  68  86 /  40  10  30  30
ZZV   68  93  68  85 /  20   0  30  30
PHD   68  91  68  85 /  20   0  30  30
FKL   65  88  64  81 /  10   0  30  10
DUJ   67  88  66  83 /  20  10  30  10
LBE   69  90  68  84 /  40  30  30  10
BTP   67  90  66  83 /  20  10  30  10
IDI   69  89  68  84 /  40  30  30  10
ODM   67  88  65  83 /  40  30  30  40

.PBZ...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Westmoreland

When
July 2, 2:45 PM EST
Where
Westmoreland County, Greensburg
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.300, -79.550

Flash Flood, Westmoreland

When
July 2, 3:00 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where
Westmoreland County, Hostetter
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
40.311, -79.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy thunderstorm rains produced minor street and basement flooding.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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

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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: 5308261, 5308262.