3 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Mar 24, 8:35 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE 835 PM EST SUN MAR 24 2002 BOTH 18 UTC ETA AND AVN ARE ON AVERAGE 2 DEGREES COLDER AT 850 MB FOR MONDAY PRECIP EVENT...AS RISING SURFACE PRESSURES IN SOUTHEAST ONTARIO ARE PROGGED TO DRIVE SLIGHTLY COLDER AIR SOUTHWARD INTO NEW YORK STATE AND NORTHERN PA. RESULT WOULD PRODUCE MOSTLY SNOW FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PA...LIKELY VERIFYING WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR 3-6 INCHES IN THE CURRENTLY MENTIONED AREAS. STILL TIME TO MAKE THE DECISION TO UPGRADE...AND WOULD PREFER TO SEE A FULL 00 UTC SUITE BEFORE MAKING THE FINAL DECISION...AS THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS ARE STILL IN THE SECOND PERIOD. IF THE 00 UTC RUNS ARE SIMILAR TO THE 18 UTC...CHANCES ARE GOOD THAT MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PA WILL BE UPGRADED TO WARNINGS FOR MONDAY BY THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT. ALL ASPECTS OF GOING FORECAST IN GREAT SHAPE...SO NOT MUCH NEED FOR AN UPDATE THIS EVENING. WILL TAKE A FINAL LOOK LATER THIS EVENING AND CLEAN UP ANY WORDING IF NEED BE...OTHERWISE STEADY AS SHE GOES FOR NOW... .CTP...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR MONDAY FOR N PA. DEVOIR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A late season winter storm brought a mix of wet snow, sleet, and freezing rain to the region. Snowfall totals ending early morning on March 26th were between 6 to 7 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 2002
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: 5282814, 5282815, 5282816.