Pennsylvania, 2002

Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2002

June 14, 2002 · NWS CLE · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 hail, 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
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  • 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
$7,000
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 Jun 14, 1:00 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 1:00 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
200 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002

MDLS SEEM TO BE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON HANDLING UPR LOW OVR GRT
LKS. CLOSED LOW BOTTOMS OUT OVR ERN GRT LKS THEN BEGNS TO ROTATE TO
THE NE AFT 24 HRS OPENING UP AND WKNG AS IT MOVS INTO SW QUE BY 60
HRS. AT THE SFC...BROAD BUT RATHER WK LOW PRES OVR A GOOD PART OF
THE ERN U.S. CNTRD OVER LWR LKS WKNS AS IT PULLS OFF TO THE NE AFT
48 HRS.

ESSENTIALLY STARTS OUT AS A RATHER WET PATTERN WITH THE CLOSED LOW
DROPPING INTO THE AREA. PLENTY OF PVA TO START OUT. HIGHER MN RH
VALUES BGN TO PULL OUT SAT PM FM W TO E.

MDL POPS SEEM TO JUMP ALL OVER THE PLACE PRBBLY PLAYING WITH TIMING
OF PVA. ETA MOS POPS A BIT HIGHER THAN REST 1ST 2 PDS. POPS DRY OUT
A BIT W BUT RMN AT LEAST CHC POPS E SAT NGT AND SUN. ETA AND NGM A
BIT HIGHER THAN FAN FOR THESE LATER PDS.

ATTM WL BRING PCPN INTO W WITH LKLY POPS TNGT AND CHC POPS E. ON SAT
WL DROP BACK TO CHC POPS W AND LKLY TO CAT POPS CNTRL AND E. MAY
CARRY A LOW CHC POP W FOR SAT NGT WITH MORE SOLID CHC POPS REST OF
CWA. FOR SUN WL TRY TO GO WITH A DRY FCST XCPT LOW CHC POPS FAR E
MNLY AM.

GUID TMPS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER FOR 1ST 3 PDS BUT THEN
VARY A BIT FOR HIGHS SUN. WL PRBBLY STAY FAIRLY CLOSE TO GUID
NUMBERS.

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

VRCEK

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Crawford

When
June 14, 5:10 PM EST
Where
Crawford County, Cambridge Spgs
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
POST OFFICE
Coordinates
41.800, -80.067

Dime size hail was observed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Erie

When
June 14, 5:35 PM EST
Where
Erie County, Union City
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.900, -79.850

Thunderstorm winds downed two trees.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 5305847, 5305848.