Alert archive / Pennsylvania / 1998
Weather alerts in Pennsylvania, September 1998
78 weather alerts in September 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 September 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 78
- Warnings
- 70
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- September 7, 199840 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Carbon and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 16 min |
| Sep 2, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Delaware | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 46 min |
| Sep 6, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Warren | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradford, Clinton, Lackawanna, Lycoming, Montour, Potter and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 66 min |
| Sep 7, 3:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 4:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 4:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 65 min |
| Sep 7, 5:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Monroe, Pike, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 7:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Lawrence, Mercer | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 8:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Venango | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 8:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Lawrence | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 8:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Washington | 57 min |
| Sep 7, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest | 59 min |
| Sep 7, 8:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk | 55 min |
| Sep 7, 9:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 59 min |
| Sep 7, 9:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 55 min |
| Sep 7, 9:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 9:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton, Potter | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 10:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Tioga | 75 min |
| Sep 7, 10:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 77 min |
| Sep 7, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 64 min |
| Sep 7, 11:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder, Union | 63 min |
| Sep 7, 11:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 78 min |
| Sep 7, 11:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 11:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Perry | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 76 min |
| Sep 7, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, York | 63 min |
| Sep 7, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 63 min |
| Sep 7, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 12:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon | 63 min |
| Sep 7, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 12:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon | 53 min |
| Sep 7, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 74 min |
| Sep 7, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 59 min |
| Sep 7, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 51 min |
| Sep 19, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 117 min |
| Sep 27, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 48 min |
| Sep 27, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 65 min |
| Sep 27, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 66 min |
| Sep 27, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Pike and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion | 58 min |
| Sep 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk | 61 min |
| Sep 27, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Sep 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Blair, Bradford, Butler and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 63 min |
| Sep 27, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 40 min |
| Sep 27, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 62 min |
| Sep 27, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | McKean | 32 min |
| Sep 27, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Venango | 45 min |
| Sep 27, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 31 min |
| Sep 27, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Potter | 60 min |
| Sep 27, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 44 min |
| Sep 27, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Clarion | 43 min |
| Sep 27, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 57 min |
| Sep 27, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming | 45 min |
| Sep 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria | 49 min |
| Sep 27, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Union | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Montour, Northumberland | 48 min |
| Sep 27, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair | 49 min |
| Sep 27, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia | 36 min |
| Sep 27, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 48 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 | 63 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bradford County7
- Lancaster County7
- Lycoming County7
- Montour County7
- Susquehanna County7
- Tioga County7
- Wayne County7
- Clinton County6
- Columbia County6
- Northumberland County6
- Sullivan County6
- Union County6
- Carbon County5
- Lackawanna County5
- Monroe County5
- Potter County5
- Clarion County5
- Clearfield County5
- Blair County4
- Centre County4
- Dauphin County4
- Huntingdon County4
- Juniata County4
- Lebanon County4
- Luzerne County4
- Mifflin County4
- Perry County4
- Schuylkill County4
- Snyder County4
- Wyoming County4
- Northampton County4
- Warren County4
- Pike County4
- Lawrence County4
- Mercer County4
- Butler County4
- Venango County4
- Armstrong County4
- Cameron County4
- Elk County4
27 more counties
- McKean County4
- Berks County3
- Cumberland County3
- York County3
- Chester County3
- Delaware County3
- Allegheny County3
- Beaver County3
- Cambria County3
- Fayette County3
- Forest County3
- Indiana County3
- Jefferson County3
- Washington County3
- Westmoreland County3
- Lehigh County3
- Bedford County2
- Franklin County2
- Fulton County2
- Crawford County2
- Bucks County2
- Montgomery County2
- Philadelphia County2
- Adams County1
- Greene County1
- Somerset County1
- Erie 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.