Alert archive / Pennsylvania / 2002
Weather alerts in Pennsylvania, August 2002
72 weather alerts in August 2002, 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 August 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 72
- Warnings
- 69
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- August 2, 200213 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradford, Potter, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, Wyoming | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 74 min |
| Aug 2, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lackawanna, Pike | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Wayne | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 1:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion | 54 min |
| Aug 3, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 2:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford | 89 min |
| Aug 5, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 7:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 4:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Butler | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 64 min |
| Aug 12, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 56 min |
| Aug 12, 5:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 119 min |
| Aug 12, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Huntingdon | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Mifflin | 64 min |
| Aug 14, 5:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lebanon | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 9:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 113 min |
| Aug 16, 11:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 113 min |
| Aug 17, 12:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 65 min |
| Aug 22, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 53 min |
| Aug 22, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Lawrence | 57 min |
| Aug 22, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Wyoming | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 63 min |
| Aug 22, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Somerset | 57 min |
| Aug 23, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, York | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Philadelphia | 24 min |
| Aug 24, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 46 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 | 60 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 9 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wayne County5
- Berks County5
- Lancaster County5
- Lackawanna County4
- Chester County4
- Allegheny County4
- York County3
- Indiana County3
- Montgomery County3
- Bedford County3
- Westmoreland County3
- Butler County3
- Mercer County3
- Susquehanna County2
- Wyoming County2
- Monroe County2
- Dauphin County2
- Fayette County2
- Washington County2
- Somerset County2
- Crawford County2
- Beaver County2
- Blair County2
- Lebanon County2
- Lawrence County2
- Philadelphia County2
- Franklin County1
- Bradford County1
- Potter County1
- Tioga County1
- Warren County1
- McKean County1
- Clinton County1
- Pike County1
- Lehigh County1
- Northampton County1
- Bucks County1
- Clarion County1
- Greene County1
- Carbon 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.