Pennsylvania, 2002

Hail in Pennsylvania, June 19, 2002

June 19, 2002 · NWS CTP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Jun 19, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE
245 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2002

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SLOWLY SWINGING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN AREAS THIS
AFTERNOON. SHRA/TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED...AND MANY SEEM TO BE ANCHORED
TO THE HILL TOPS. PWS ABOVE 1 INCH AND VERY WEAK ENVIRONMENTAL
WINDS. ANY STORMS THAT BECOME LARGE ENOUGH WILL POSE A LOCALIZED
FLOOD THREAT AS MOVEMENT VERY SLOW. SOME HAIL/GUSTY WINDS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

TROUGH PROGGED TO BE SOUTHEAST OF OUR AREA BEFORE DAYBREAK TOMORROW.
MODELS SHOW MUCH DRIER SOUNDINGS AND STRONG CAP IN PLACE THU-FRI.
LOOKS LIKE TWO SUMMER LIKE DAYS...WITH LITTLE CONVECTION.

SATURDAY THINGS START TO GET INTERESTING AS FRONT APPROACHES FROM
NORTHWEST  AND MODELS HAVE STRONG SE LOW-LEVEL JET FROM
ATLANTIC....UP CHESAPEAKE BAY INTO SE PA. 3-4SD H850 ANOMALY IS OVER
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND MAIN EASTERLY FLOW PROGGED TO BE OVER
NC/VA. ALSO FLOW OVER OUR AREA DIVERGENT...BUT MOIST INFLUX FROM
ATLANTIC WILL INCREASE THREAT OF SHOWERS. PUT CHANCE SHOWERS/TRW IN
SE AND NW ZONES FOR SATURDAY...ALL ZONES FOR SUN AS SE FLOW
INTERSECTS FRONT. IF AVN IS CORRECT...COULD BE ANOTHER LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN THREAT FOR SUNDAY.

REST OF EXTENDED...MON LOOKS GOD AS HIGH BUILDS IN FROM NORTH AND
FRONT SOUTH OF AREA. MRF BRINGS TROUGH INTO AREA TUE-WED WITH
ASSOCIATED POPS. STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR POPS/TEMPS.

.CTP...NONE.

DIRIENZO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:32 PM EST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE, PA
532 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0315 PM    YORK                      PA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/02   YORK                           REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

DNM

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Adams

When
June 19, 5:00 PM EST
Where
Adams County, Mc Sherrystown
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
39.800, -77.033

Quarter sized hail was reported in McSherrystown.

What these are

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

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: 5294721.