Alert archive / Pennsylvania / 1997
Weather alerts in Pennsylvania, July 1997
108 weather alerts in July 1997, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in July 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 108
- Warnings
- 101
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- July 18, 199734 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fayette, Greene, Somerset | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cameron, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 10:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bucks, Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Potter | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean | 76 min |
| Jul 8, 5:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Tioga | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 6:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Tioga | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 7:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 68 min |
| Jul 9, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Cumberland and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Fulton | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Northampton | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk, Warren | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 69 min |
| Jul 15, 5:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Elk | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Elk, McKean | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 66 min |
| Jul 15, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 66 min |
| Jul 15, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 64 min |
| Jul 18, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradford, Cameron, Clarion, Clinton, Crawford, Elk and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, McKean, Potter | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 65 min |
| Jul 18, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford | 79 min |
| Jul 18, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Potter | 79 min |
| Jul 18, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming | 63 min |
| Jul 18, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria | 65 min |
| Jul 18, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Clinton | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Cambria and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Union | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Union | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Monroe | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Mifflin | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Perry | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin | 64 min |
| Jul 18, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver, Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Somerset | 65 min |
| Jul 18, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon | 64 min |
| Jul 24, 4:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 64 min |
| Jul 28, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Fayette, Greene, Somerset, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Somerset | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 64 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 83 |
| Tornado Warning | 11 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 7 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- McKean County9
- Elk County8
- Allegheny County6
- Franklin County6
- Cameron County6
- Bradford County6
- Clinton County6
- Fayette County5
- Potter County5
- Warren County5
- Lehigh County5
- Monroe County5
- Northampton County5
- Tioga County5
- Bedford County5
- Berks County5
- Lancaster County5
- Schuylkill County5
- Washington County5
- Westmoreland County4
- Somerset County4
- Erie County4
- Bucks County4
- Carbon County4
- Montgomery County4
- Pike County4
- Lycoming County4
- Adams County4
- Chester County4
- Dauphin County4
- Lebanon County4
- Luzerne County4
- York County4
- Clearfield County4
- Centre County4
- Fulton County3
- Greene County3
- Lackawanna County3
- Wayne County3
- Sullivan County3
25 more counties
- Cumberland County3
- Huntingdon County3
- Cambria County3
- Union County3
- Crawford County2
- Forest County2
- Venango County2
- Susquehanna County2
- Delaware County2
- Philadelphia County2
- Jefferson County2
- Columbia County2
- Juniata County2
- Mifflin County2
- Montour County2
- Northumberland County2
- Perry County2
- Clarion County1
- Mercer County1
- Blair County1
- Snyder County1
- Wyoming County1
- Armstrong County1
- Indiana County1
- Beaver County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.