Hail, Allegheny
- When
- June 27, 1:10 PM EST
- Where
- Allegheny County, East Mc Keesport
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.383, -79.800
Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 27, 2002
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 Jun 27, 9:15 AM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 9:15 AM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1015 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 PER MORNING DATA...KEPT MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY DEVELOPING THROUGH A DEEP LAYER...MINUS A CAP...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COUPLED. ALSO THERE WILL BE SOME ORGANIZED LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH LOWLEVEL CONVERGENCE PRECEDING THE PASSAGE OF THE DEW POINT FRONT EARLY TONIGHT. CONCUR WITH SPC THINKING THAT MARGINALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY BE MORE OF A THREAT PER ABNORMALLY DEEP MOISTURE...AND AN OVERALL VERTICALLY INTEGRATED WIND FLOW PATTERN CONDUCIVE TO STORM PROPAGATIONS OF LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. PER LATEST MRF...THIS ROUND OF STORMS MAY BE THE ONLY ORGANIZED OPPORTUNITY FOR PRECIPITATION INTO NEXT WEEKEND FOR THE HEAD OF THE OHIO REGION...AS THE MRF SHOWS A DEEP MIDCONTINENT RIDGE...TYPICAL FOR JULY...BECOMING ESTABLISHED. ...GIORDANO .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:24 AM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-272000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1024 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK UPDATE... FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ACROSS THE PITTSBURGH AREA AND THE SURROUNDING HEAD OF THE OHIO REGION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS MAY GO OVER 60 MPH...AND HAILSTONES MAY GET BIGGER THAN THREE QUARTERS INCHES IN SIZE. SINCE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SOME LOCATIONS MAY GET HEAVY RAIN. IF RAIN AMOUNTS GO OVER 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS...FLOODING MAY BEGIN IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS. AS A RESULT...THE SKYWARN NET MAY HAVE TO BE ACTIVATED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. LISTEN FOR UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:45 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-272000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1045 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK UPDATE... FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ACROSS THE PITTSBURGH AREA AND THE SURROUNDING HEAD OF THE OHIO REGION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS MAY GO OVER 60 MPH...AND HAILSTONES MAY GET BIGGER THAN THREE QUARTERS INCHES IN SIZE. SINCE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SOME LOCATIONS MAY GET HEAVY RAIN. IF RAIN AMOUNTS GO OVER 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS...FLOODING MAY BEGIN IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS. AS A RESULT...THE SKYWARN NET MAY HAVE TO BE ACTIVATED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. LISTEN FOR UPDATES.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:10 UTC.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 27, 1:15 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Hickory
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -80.317
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland
- When
- June 27, 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland County, Jeanette
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.333, -79.617
Thunderstorm winds blew out several windows in area homes.
Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland
- When
- June 27, 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland County, Turkeytown
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -79.733
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland
- When
- June 27, 1:34 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland County, Harrison City
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -79.633
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland
- When
- June 27, 1:40 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland County, Greensburg
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -79.550
Thunderstorm winds damaged signs from local businesses and downed several large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 27, 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Centerville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -79.967
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegheny
- When
- June 27, 3:37 PM EST
- Where
- Allegheny County, Pittsburgh
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.433, -79.983
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in and around the Pittsburgh area.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 27, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New York, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 27, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 27, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 27, 2002
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 27, 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: 5301200, 5301201, 5301202, 5301203, 5301204, 5301205, 5301206, 5301207.