Pennsylvania, 2002Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 5, 2002
June 5, 2002 · NWS CLE · 6 events in 2 counties and zones
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- 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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 2:07 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:07 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
307 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002
UPDATED FOR THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN NW PA
.CLE...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
LKW
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:52 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND,OH
1152 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1130 PM PIERPONT OH 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 ASHTABULA TREES DOWN ON CREEK ROAD.
1145 PM CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS PA WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 CRAWFORD TREES DOWN
0130 AM 4 N PIERPONT OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/02 ASHTABULALocal storm report, Jun 5, 12:49 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND,OH
149 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0100 PM 6 E REPUBLIC OH .88 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 SENECA 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST ROOF
BLOWN OFF SHED
0105 PM TIFFIN OHIO WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 SENECA TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES
DOWN AND ALONG RTE 224
0400 PM 5 E CROSSINGVILLE PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 CRAWFORD DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT
I-79 WELCOME CENTERLocal storm report, Jun 5, 2:32 PM EST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND,OH
332 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0420 PM CORRY PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 ERIE DIME SIZE HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINEvent by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Crawford
- When
- June 5, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford County, Linesville
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.667, -80.433
A F1 tornado briefly touched down two miles northeast of Linesville. The tornado had a damage path nearly a quarter mile in length and 200 yards in width. No structural damage occurred, but dozens of trees were toppled.
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- June 5, 3:35 PM EST to 4:25 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 41.667, -80.067
Thunderstorm winds downed dozens of trees across the county. A few of the hardest hit towns include Centerville, Linesville, Cochranton and Conneaut Lake.
Thunderstorm Wind, Erie
- When
- June 5, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Erie County, Albion
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -80.383
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- June 5, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford County, Conneautville
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -80.367
Thunderstorm winds downed a large number of trees southwest of Conneautville near the intersection of West Center Road and Linesville-Conneautville Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- June 5, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford County, Conneaut Lake
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -80.300
Thunderstorm winds overturned and destroyed a mobile home just south of Conneaut Lake. Eight trees nearby were also blown down.
Hail, Crawford
- When
- June 5, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford County, Spartansburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- POST OFFICE
- Coordinates
- 41.833, -79.700
Dime size hail was observed southwest of Spartansburg.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Vermont, June 5, 2002$108,000 · F2 · 4 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 5 to 6, 20025 injured · $241,000 · 0.88 in hail · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 5, 2002$445,000 · 2 in hail · 21 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 5, 2002$299,000 · 1 in hail · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 5, 20023 injured · $110,000 · 1.5 in hail · 9 events
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 5, 20022 injured · $71,000 · 0.75 in hail · 11 events
- Tornado in Florida, June 5, 2002$150,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 5, 2002$150,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado in Connecticut, June 5, 2002$40,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 5, 2002$69,000 · 1.75 in hail · 12 events
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 5, 2002$100,000 · 1 event
- Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 5, 2002$28,000 · 1.75 in hail · 18 events
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: 5305748, 5305750, 5305753, 5305749, 5305752, 5305751.