Thunderstorm Wind, Somerset
- When
- July 26, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset County, New Centerville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.933, -79.200
Trees were reported down in New Centerville.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 2:45 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:45 PM EST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 345 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002 VERY MOIST AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH SPARKING SCATTERED RW/TS MAINLY THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS IN THE EXTREME WEST MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. A FEW COULD PRODUCE UP TO 1-2 INCHES IN A LOCALIZED AREA. BEST ZONE FOR CONVERGENCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN WESTERN HALF OF PA...AND STORMS WILL WEAKEN AS DRIFT EASTWARD. MOIST AIRMASS HANGS TOUGH ON SAT...WHICH WILL PROVIDE FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES BEFORE ANOTHER S/WV MOVES THRU TO INITIATE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION SAT NIGHT INTO SUN MORN. MAIN CHANCE FOR LINGERING PRECIP SUN WILL BE IN THE SOUTH. WEEKEND TEMPS WILL WARM SIGNIFICANTLY AS RISING HEIGHTS QUICKLY BUILD IN FROM THE SW. TEMPS WILL RISE INTO THE 80S AND LOWS DIP INTO THE 60S SAT NIGHT...HOWEVER REMAINING VERY MILD SUN NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S AND UPPER 60S. QUICK WARMUP IN STORE FOR MONDAY AS TEMPS SOAR INTO MID AND UPPER 80S ACROSS THE NORTH AND LOWER 90S IN THE SOUTH. HIGH DEWPOINTS (UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S) WILL MAKE FOR A MUGGY AFTERNOON. 500 MB HT ANALYSIS SHOW 588 HTS CREEPING INTO PA AND 850 TEMPS LINGER AROUND 20 DEGREES. WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE PUMPING UP MOISTURE FROM THE GULF TO CREATE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS. CONVECTION NOT EXPECTED AS WARM MID LEVELS WILL CAP THE ATMOSPHERE. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...LOOKS LIKE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME WEATHER WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND CHC OF AFTERNOON RW/TS FOR EACH DAY AS ZONAL FLOW AND MORE WEAK SHORTWAVES MOVE THROUGH. TEMPS WILL BE AROUND NORMAL MAINLY IN THE 80S FOR HIGHS AND 60S FOR LOWS. FCSTID = 16 MDT 67 82 72 90 / 40 30 40 40 IPT 62 81 68 88 / 40 20 30 40 BFD 61 80 65 84 / 40 20 50 40 JST 64 80 70 85 / 50 30 60 40 AOO 64 82 70 88 / 40 30 60 40 UNV 63 80 68 87 / 40 20 50 40 SEG 63 82 69 90 / 40 30 40 40 LNS 68 82 72 90 / 40 30 40 40 THV 68 82 72 91 / 40 30 40 40 .CTP... PA...NONE. MCPHEE/RXR
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, July 26 to 31, 2002
- Heat in Illinois, July 26 to 28, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 26, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Utah, July 26, 2002
- Tornado in Iowa, July 26, 2002
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 26, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 26, 2002
- Heat in Illinois, July 26 to 31, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, July 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 26, 2002
More
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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: 5304720.