Hail, York
- When
- May 2, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- York County, Airville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.833, -76.400
Quarter sized hail was reported in Airville.
Hail in Pennsylvania, May 2, 2002
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
- 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 May 2, 11:45 AM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 11:45 AM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE 1245 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 WILL UPDATE AS NEEDED. ...DISC... ...SHORT TERM... STRONG TO SEVERE CELLS STAYED TO THE S AND W OF OUR AREA AS EXPECTED LAST NIGHT. UPWARDS OF AN INCHE OF RAIN S AREAS. NEARLY PPINE NOW. A MODERATE AMT OF CLEARING TO THE WEST...AND THINKING IS THAT MODELS MAY BE A TAD TO FAST WITH FRONT...THUS OUTLOOK FOR SEVERE STILL LOOKS GOOD. WHILE CLEARING WILL NOT BE GREAT...ESPECIALLY N ZONES...CAPES WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN SUNDAY. ALSO WHILE DRY PUNCH WILL NOT BE AS GOOD...VERY STRONG WIND FIELDS WILL BE PRESENT. SRM NOT AS HIGH AS SUNDAY...BUT STILL UP THERE. MID SHIFT WAS LOOKING AT VALUES IN THE 200 TO 300 RANGE FOR AREAS EAST OF UNV THIS AFT. MAIN THING WILL BE VERY FAST CELL MOVEMENT...NEARLY 50 KNOTS. AIRMASS IS QUITE WARM...ESTIMATED VIL WILL BE UPPER 40S. THUS DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE EASY TO COME BY...WOULD NOT RULE OUT A TORNADO OR TWO. MAIN LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE WHAT EFFECT ANY OUTFLOW FROM LAST NIGHTS ACTION HAS. BEST CHC FOR SEVERE WOULD BE SE PART OF CWA...AND NEAR MD BORDER. FOR FRIDAY...IT WILL BE QUITE WINDY...AS VERY STRONG MID LEVEL FLOW MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AREA. MORE SNOW SHOWERS/FLURRIES FOR N AND W AREAS EARLY ON. EDGE OF CLDS AND PERHAPS A SHOWER WILL BRUSH FAR S PA LATE SAT. ...LONG TERM... WHILE THERE COULD BE A SHOWER NOW AND THEN...STILL THINK BULK OF EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE DRY. NEXT BIG WEATHER SYSTEM TO COME IN AROUND THU. AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF SW FLOW...HIGH PW/S...AND WARM TEMPS...AND STORMS FOR MANY AREAS...A STRANGE PATTERN INTO EARLY TO MID MAY. ...OTHER... SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK THIS AFT. .CTP...NONE. MARTIN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 10:10 AM EST, 6 hours before
PAZ006-011-012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-022200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1110 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LAKE ERIE THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE NORTH OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. A GUSTY SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL TRANSPORT WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SETTING THE STAGE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE PEAK THREAT TIME WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING...AND THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NWS OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. MARTIN FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/CTP
Special weather statement, May 2, 11:39 AM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
PAZ006-011-012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-022345- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1239 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 ......THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING THROUGH NEW YORK WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. A GUSTY SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL TRANSPORT WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE AREA...SETTING THE STAGE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE PEAK THREAT TIME WILL BE FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE AREA UNDER THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NWS OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LA CORTE FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK THE STATE COLLEGE WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/CTP
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:30 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PAZ025>028-034>036-049-050-052-056>059-063>066-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 230 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHUMBERLAND...UNION...SCHUYLKILL...SNYDER...MIFFLIN...BLAIR... HUNTINGDON...JUNIATA...DAUPHIN...PERRY...LEBANON...BEDFORD... CUMBERLAND...LANCASTER...FRANKLIN...YORK...FULTON AND ADAMS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME LOCALLY SEVERE...CAUSING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LA CORTE
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:50 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PAZ025>028-034>036-049-050-052-056>059-063>066-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR EXPIRE TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 250 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHUMBERLAND...UNION...SCHUYLKILL...SNYDER...MIFFLIN...BLAIR... HUNTINGDON...JUNIATA...DAUPHIN...PERRY...LEBANON...BEDFORD... CUMBERLAND...LANCASTER...FRANKLIN...YORK...FULTON AND ADAMS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME LOCALLY SEVERE...CAUSING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LA CORTE
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:11 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, May 2 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Rip Currents in Florida, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Flooding in Kentucky, May 2 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Tornado in Maryland, May 2, 2002
- Flood in Pennsylvania, May 2, 2002
- Hail in Illinois, May 2, 2002
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 2, 2002
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, May 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: 5292796.