Thunderstorm Wind, Dauphin
- When
- September 27, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dauphin County, Middletown
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -76.717
Large tree limbs were down in Middletown.
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 27, 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
- 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 Sep 27, 1:25 PM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 1:25 PM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 225 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002 ...WORK ZONES/ZONES BY 4 PM... ...CHANGES... CURRENT FCST NOT BAD. WILL LET FLOOD WATCH EXPIRE. SPS OUT FOR SEVERE FOR NEXT FEW HOURS. ...DISC... ...SHORT TERM... SO FAR NO FLOODS OR SEVERE...JUST A USEFUL RAIN TO TAKE THE EGDE OFF THE DROUGHT. VERY HIGH DEWPOINTS STILL WORKING TO THE NW...BUT REMAINS OF ISIDORE FALLING APART WITH TIME. SECONDARY COLD FRONT PUSHING SE LATE TONIGHT. NICE WEEKEND IN STORE FOR THE AREA. SOME MID LEVEL CLDS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AS WARM ADVECTION SETS IN. MAYBE A SHOWER FAR N PA...BUT WILL KEEP FCST DRY FOR NOW. WHILE AIRMASS WILL NOT BE REAL COOL...DRY AIR AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL OFF AT NIGHT. ...LONG TERM... STRONG RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS EASTERN STATES EARLY NEXT WEEK. RECORD HEAT TO PUSH NE FROM PLAINS. SOME SHOWERS/STORMS POSSIBLE ON WED...WITH FRONT...IF IT DOES NOT SLOW DOWN. SHOWERS COULD LINGER INTO FRIDAY...AS REMAINS OF TROPICAL SYSTEMS LIFT NORTHARD FROM THE GULF...SIMILAR TO CURRENT SYSTEM. .CTP...NONE. MARTIN
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:08 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
- Strong Wind in Georgia, September 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, September 27, 2002
- High Wind in Tennessee, September 27, 2002
- High Wind in Tennessee, September 27, 2002
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 27, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 2002
- Flooding in Indiana, September 27, 2002
- Heavy Rain in New York, September 27, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, September 27, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 27, 2002
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, September 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: 5314513.