1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 1:30 AM EST, 7 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 230 AM EDT MON APR 22 2002 SURFACE WAVE NEAR PKB AT 06Z IS MOVING EAST AND TAKING MOST PRECIP EAST AS WELL. COLDER AIR WILL PUSH INTO WRN PA BEHIND THE WAVE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE NORTH FOR LATER IN THE DAY. NOT COLD ENOUGH FOR SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT BUT A CHILLY DAY FOR THE END OF APRIL. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA TUESDAY WILL MEAN LOST OF SUNSHINE AND WARMING TEMPS FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. RSD
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorm rains over northern West Virginia produced minor flooding on the Cheat River at Parsons. The Cheat River rose just above the flood stage of 13.0 feet, cresting at 13.1 feet at 11:00 AM on April 22nd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, April 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: 5287816.