Thunderstorm Wind, Preston
- When
- August 1, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Preston County, Albright
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -79.633
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 1, 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
- $5,000
- 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 Aug 1, 2:18 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:18 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 318 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2002 THE BIG STORY IS THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE MODELS HAVE A WEAK FRONT MOVING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD KICK OFF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IF ANYTHING DOES DEVELOP...IT SHOULD BE VERY SCATTERED AS MOISTURE LEVELS ARE MARGINAL UPPER DYNAMICS ARE WEAK. THE LATEST MODEL RUN HAS CUT BACK THE MOISTURE FROM PREVIOUS AND AS DRY AS WE ARE THIS TREND COULD CONTINUE WITH ADDITIONAL RUNS. MOS TEMP FORECASTS LOOK GOOD FOR THIS SITUATION. FCSTID = 66 PIT 70 92 65 87 / 10 30 30 10 HLG 70 92 66 88 / 10 30 30 10 MGW 69 93 67 88 / 10 30 30 20 ZZV 71 93 67 90 / 10 30 30 20 PHD 70 93 66 89 / 10 30 30 20 FKL 67 89 62 85 / 10 30 30 10 DUJ 66 88 62 85 / 10 30 30 10 LBE 69 91 65 87 / 10 30 30 10 BTP 69 91 65 87 / 10 30 30 10 IDI 68 90 65 86 / 10 30 30 10 ODM 63 90 60 84 / 10 30 30 20 .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. CAT
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 1 to 5, 2002
- Heat in Maryland, August 1 to 5, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, August 1 to 6, 2002
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 13, 2002
- Heat in New Jersey, August 1 to 5, 2002
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 29, 2002
- Heat in Louisiana, August 1, 2002
- Drought in Wisconsin, August 1 to 11, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 1 to 2, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, August 1 to 2, 2002
- Drought in Georgia, August 1 to 31, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, August 1 to 31, 2002
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, August 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: 5312843.