Pennsylvania, 2002

Tornado and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 27, 2002

July 27, 2002 · NWS CLE · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 tornado, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$80,000
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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 27, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
245 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002

UNSETTLED IWX TO CONT AS SCT SHRA AND TSRA CONT TO DVLP IN AN ARND
FA.  12Z ETA BRINGS NICE VORT ACRS NRN 1/2 OF FA LATER TGNT.  SUM 3H
DIV AS WELL WITH PWATS NR 2 INCH OVRNGT.  WL GO WITH LIKELY POPS
NERN 1/2 OF FA WITH SCT WORDG ELSWHERE.  ATMOSPHERE RMNS UNSTABLE ON
SUN BUT LTTL IN THE WAY OF CONV NR SFC.  GIVEN BIG CAPES WL HANG ON
TO SMALL CHC POPS.  WK LO PRES TO DVLP OVR LWR OH VLY TMRW NGT WITH
ANOTHER BNDRY TO MOV N ACRS FA.  CDNFT TRAILING THIS LOW WL APPROACH
FM THE NW LT MON SO WL NEED TO CONT WITH CHC WORDG BOTH SUN NGT AND
MON WITH BETTER PRECIP CHCS MON AFT.

GUID TEMPS LK GOOD AND WL BE MAKING ONLY MINOR CHGS.  LOT/S OF CLDS
THRU THE PD.

.CLE...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.

KUBINA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Crawford

When
July 27, 5:03 PM EST to 5:12 PM EST
Where
Crawford County, Crossingville
Rating
F0
Path length
3 mi
Path width
25 yd
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
41.833, -80.250

A small F0 tornado touched down a mile and a half southwest of Crossingville. The tornado then moved northeast along a path approximately three miles in length. The damage path was intermittent along it's entire length. Several dozen trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Erie

When
July 27, 6:05 PM EST
Where
Erie County, Corry
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.917, -79.633

Thunderstorm winds downed many trees. One tree fell on a car.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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.

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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: 5307311, 5307312.