Thunderstorm Wind, Venango
- When
- July 28, 3:20 PM EST
- Where
- Venango County, Chapmanville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -79.850
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 28, 2002
6 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
- $18,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 28, 2:15 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:15 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 315 PM EDT SUN JUL 28 2002 JUST FINISHED ZONES TO INCLUDE TORNADO WATCH TIL 8PM. REST UNCHANGED. STRAGER .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR ZONE OHZ041. PA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR ZONES PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ022>023. WV...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:58 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
OHZ041-PAZ007>009-013>016-022-023-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 258 PM EDT SUN JUL 28 2002 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN PENNSYLVANIA... ARMSTRONG BUTLER CLARION FOREST INDIANA JEFFERSON LAWRENCE MERCER VENANGO IN OHIO... COLUMBIANA THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY FORMING ACROSS FAR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA WILL SLOWLY PUSH SOUTH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:00 PM EST, 20 minutes before
PAZ007>009-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 400 PM EDT SUN JUL 28 2002 ...THUNDERSTORM UPDATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH EXPECTS THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL...WILL BEGIN TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF MERCER...VENANGO...AND FOREST COUNTIES OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AFTER 430 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN...IT IS SAFEST TO GO INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:21 UTC.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Venango
- When
- July 28, 3:20 PM EST
- Where
- Venango County, Utica
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.417, -79.950
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Forest
- When
- July 28, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Forest County, 3 mi SW of Hunter
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -79.550
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree on Red Brush Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Venango
- When
- July 28, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Venango County, Plumer
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -79.650
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- July 28, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Transfer
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.333, -80.433
A spotter measured a thunderstorm wind gust to 58 MPH.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- July 28, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Salem
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.433, -80.333
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
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 Maryland, July 28 to 29, 2002
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- Heat in Maryland, July 28 to 30, 2002
- Tornado in New York, July 28, 2002
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 28, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 28, 2002
- Hail in South Dakota, July 28, 2002
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 28, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 28, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 28, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 28, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 28, 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: 5307084, 5307085, 5307086, 5307087, 5307088, 5307089.