1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 13, 9:40 AM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE 1040 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002 WILL UPDATE ZONES FOR AFTERNOON WORDING AND TO BUMP UP TEMPS WHICH ARE ALREADY ABOVE FORECAST MAXES MOST ZONES. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS CWA THIS MORNING. COVERED IN PREVIOUS PACKAGE. ISOLATED THUNDER POSSIBLE OVER ALL AREAS TODAY SO WILL ADD TO NORTHWEST BREAKOUT FOR AFTERNOON. SPC HAS SOUTHEAST IN MODERATE RISK AREA. WILL WATCH...BUT WITH OVERCAST AND SHOWERS THIS MORNING WILL NEED SUN TO BREAK OUT LATER FOR SEVERE. .CTP...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF CTRL PA. DIRIENZO
PAZ036-057-059-063>066-132345- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1255 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002 ..THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL PUSH A FRONT THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE STATE AND WILL SPARK OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. VERY UNSTABLE AIR IS IN PLACE OVER SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM. THIS AREA INCLUDES MOST OF THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY. THE MAIN THREAT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND DAMAGING HAIL. IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITY WILL ACCOMPANY ANY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. LAMBERT/ONDREJIK
The State College radar (KCCX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding along Black Hole Creek caused the closure of several roads in and around the Montgomery area. Flooded roadways were also reported in the Muncy area.
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, May 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: 5288942.