Thunderstorm Wind, Brooke
- When
- June 14, 5:52 PM EST
- Where
- Brooke County, Bethany
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -80.550
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees.
Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 14, 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
- $2,000
- 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 Jun 14, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 500 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 ZONE UPDATE FOR INCREASED PRECIP/TSTMS DVLPMT WITHIN LAST HR ACROSS ECNTRL OHIO ASSCD WITH CLOSED UPPER LOW TO NW/INSYABILITY HEATING ETC. ADDED HVY DOWNPOURS PSBL AND GUSTY WINDS. REST SAME. .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:36 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057-058-PAZ013-020-WVZ001-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 436 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PACK STRONG WINDS... A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 630 PM. COMMUNITIES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE ZANESVILLE...COSHOCTON...NEW PHILADELPHIA...AND NEW CASTLE THROUGH 530 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:36 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057-058-PAZ013-020-WVZ001-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 436 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PACK STRONG WINDS... A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 630 PM. COMMUNITIES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE ZANESVILLE...COSHOCTON...NEW PHILADELPHIA...AND NEW CASTLE THROUGH 530 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:46 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
OHZ059-PAZ007-013-020-WVZ002>004-142315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 546 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 ....STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE WITH APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 7 PM. COMMUNITIES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE CAMBRIDGE...BARNESVILLE...CADIZ...STUEBENVILLE...LISBON... COLUMBIANA...NEW CASTLE...SHARON...AND GREENVILLE THROUGH 7 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE BETWEEN YOUNGSTOWN AND NEW CASTLE BY 615 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:21 PM EST, 31 minutes before
PAZ008-014-142345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 621 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PACK STRONG WINDS... A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 730 PM. COMMUNITIES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE GROVE CITY...KENNERDELL...OIL CITY...AND TITUSVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL... AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:52 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
- Hail in Colorado, June 14, 2002
- Flash Flood in New York, June 14, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New York, June 14 to 15, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 14, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 14, 2002
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 14, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 14, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 14, 2002
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 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: 5301393.