Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- June 19, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- York County, Craley
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -76.517
Trees were reported down in Craley.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 19, 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 Jun 19, 1:45 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 1:45 PM EST, 45 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
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:32 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
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 19 to 30, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 19, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 19 to 22, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 19, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 19, 2002
- Hail in Nebraska, June 19, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 19, 2002
- Hail in Iowa, June 19, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 19, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 19, 2002
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, June 2002
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: 5294720.