Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 2, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Taylorstown
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.167, -80.383
Thunderstorm winds blew the roof from a house and downed several large trees.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 2, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $15,000
- 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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 2, 1:41 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 1:41 AM EST, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 241 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 FFA ALREADY OUT FOR THE SOUTHERN 2/3 OF OUR CWA TIL 10 AM AND WILL CONTINUE. HPC QPF PERSISTENT IN 1 INCH RAINFALL OVER THIS AREA. ALSO TSTMS POSSIBLE. FROPA THIS AM ACROSS FA. HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY TSTM WINDS UNTIL FRONT PASSES. FOR THIS AFTN WINDY CONDITIONS. BL WNDS AROUND 30 KTS FROM THE WEST. THURSDAY NIGHT HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. 1022 HIGH CENTERED OVER FA BY 00Z SAT. NEXT CHC FOR RAIN IS ON MONDAY WITH APPROACHING FRONT. PIT 65 38 57 36 / 100 10 0 0 HLG 65 39 57 37 / 100 10 0 0 MGW 68 42 59 38 / 100 10 0 0 ZZV 67 40 58 38 / 100 10 0 0 PHD 67 40 58 38 / 100 10 0 0 FKL 62 36 52 34 / 100 10 0 0 DUJ 62 36 52 34 / 100 10 0 0 LBE 65 39 57 37 / 100 10 0 0 BTP 63 37 55 36 / 100 10 0 0 IDI 63 37 55 36 / 100 10 0 0 ODM 63 35 55 33 / 100 10 0 0 .PBZ... MD...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONE MDZ001. OH...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES OHZ039...OHZ048>050... OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069. PA...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES PAZ021...PAZ029>032. WV...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES WVZ001>004...WVZ012... WVZ021>023...WVZ041.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 1, 9:40 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-020830- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1040 PM EDT WED MAY 1 2002 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT... A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE PLENTY OF RAIN FOR THE REGION AND ALSO THE RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVERNIGHT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER... DAMAGING WINDS ARE A POSSIBILITY.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- 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
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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: 5298674.