Weather alerts in Pennsylvania, May 1998

136 weather alerts in May 1998, 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 136
Warnings: 128
Watches: 8
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 31, 199849 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
May 4, 10:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Huntingdon	45 min
May 5, 6:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	York	4 hr
May 5, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria	47 min
May 5, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Somerset	35 min
May 5, 7:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Cambria, Somerset	3 hr
May 5, 7:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Dauphin	3 hr
May 5, 7:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Bedford	50 min
May 5, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford	50 min
May 5, 7:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Indiana	3 hr
May 5, 8:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Bedford	6 hr
May 5, 8:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Armstrong	3 hr
May 5, 10:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Cambria, Somerset	4 hr
May 6, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	63 min
May 6, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	64 min
May 6, 4:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Lancaster	3 hr
May 8, 7:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Franklin	6 hr
May 8, 9:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Montgomery	5 hr
May 16, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean	64 min
May 16, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	57 min
May 16, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Somerset	62 min
May 16, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clearfield	49 min
May 16, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Somerset	48 min
May 16, 6:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Somerset	6 hr
May 16, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Tioga	44 min
May 19, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Butler	58 min
May 19, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	58 min
May 19, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	70 min
May 24, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	50 min
May 24, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	49 min
May 24, 11:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	57 min
May 25, 2:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Forest	29 min
May 25, 5:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clearfield	55 min
May 25, 5:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre	63 min
May 25, 5:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre	58 min
May 25, 6:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Mifflin, Snyder	50 min
May 25, 6:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Snyder	17 min
May 25, 7:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	30 min
May 25, 7:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	63 min
May 25, 7:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Tioga	35 min
May 25, 7:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	61 min
May 25, 8:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Montgomery	47 min
May 25, 8:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks	64 min
May 25, 9:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Montgomery, Philadelphia	50 min
May 29, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	33 min
May 29, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Bradford and 33 more	6 hr
May 29, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean	63 min
May 29, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Potter	62 min
May 29, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	75 min
May 29, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Elk	61 min
May 29, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Clearfield	60 min
May 29, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler	31 min
May 29, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna	72 min
May 29, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Tioga	64 min
May 29, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton	97 min
May 29, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming	97 min
May 29, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Sullivan	63 min
May 29, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana, Jefferson	53 min
May 29, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	64 min
May 29, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Butler	45 min
May 29, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Wayne	93 min
May 29, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong	55 min
May 29, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Wyoming	79 min
May 29, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne	90 min
May 29, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana	50 min
May 29, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna	62 min
May 29, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Juniata and 14 more	6 hr
May 29, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland	64 min
May 29, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Union	64 min
May 29, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield	60 min
May 29, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Pike	78 min
May 29, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver	52 min
May 29, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Huntingdon	65 min
May 29, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	48 min
May 29, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Somerset	63 min
May 29, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington	53 min
May 29, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin	49 min
May 29, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	70 min
May 29, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	61 min
May 29, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Franklin, Perry	62 min
May 29, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lebanon	63 min
May 29, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Lehigh	47 min
May 29, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin	31 min
May 29, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	89 min
May 29, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams	89 min
May 29, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster and 2 more	6 hr
May 29, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester	46 min
May 29, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Delaware	30 min
May 31, 10:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more	5 hr
May 31, 11:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	46 min
May 31, 12:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	48 min
May 31, 12:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	49 min
May 31, 12:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford	50 min
May 31, 12:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Warren	60 min
May 31, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean	61 min
May 31, 3:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming	5 hr
May 31, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron	46 min
May 31, 3:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaver, Butler, Cameron, Clarion, Crawford, Elk and 10 more	7 hr
May 31, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Potter	32 min
May 31, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	64 min
May 31, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan	65 min
May 31, 4:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie	48 min
May 31, 5:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clinton and 25 more	5 hr
May 31, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	48 min
May 31, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	76 min
May 31, 5:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Lycoming	33 min
May 31, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	63 min
May 31, 5:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Columbia, Sullivan	50 min
May 31, 5:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Bradford	65 min
May 31, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon	32 min
May 31, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	63 min
May 31, 6:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Luzerne	63 min
May 31, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Beaver, Washington	62 min
May 31, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna	64 min
May 31, 6:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	McKean	34 min
May 31, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield and 7 more	7 hr
May 31, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	61 min
May 31, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Pike, Wayne	65 min
May 31, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Forest, Mercer, Venango	57 min
May 31, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Potter	65 min
May 31, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Westmoreland	64 min
May 31, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	51 min
May 31, 7:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Pike, Wayne	63 min
May 31, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Elk, McKean	63 min
May 31, 7:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Pike, Wayne	63 min
May 31, 7:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Washington	45 min
May 31, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Tioga	65 min
May 31, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron	65 min
May 31, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Clarion	55 min
May 31, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne	62 min
May 31, 7:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Elk	62 min
May 31, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene	57 min
May 31, 7:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Tioga	50 min
May 31, 7:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Fayette	45 min
May 31, 7:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Cameron	62 min
May 31, 7:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Lackawanna	64 min
May 31, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Potter	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	100
Tornado Warning	16
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	4
Tornado Watch	4
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	12

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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Nearby

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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.