Alert archive / Pennsylvania / 2008
Weather alerts in Pennsylvania, August 2008
142 weather alerts in August 2008, 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 142
- Warnings
- 100
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 20
- Busiest day
- August 10, 200843 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, 10:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Mercer | 94 min |
| Aug 1, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Somerset | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 12:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 3:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 3:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Potter, Tioga | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 7:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Potter, Tioga | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 7:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 8:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder, Union | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 10:11 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berks, Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 94 min |
| Aug 2, 10:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Perry | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 1:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, York | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, York | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Greene and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Lancaster, York | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 93 min |
| Aug 2, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, York | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | York | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 96 min |
| Aug 2, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 7:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Lancaster, York | 96 min |
| Aug 5, 7:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Monroe and 7 more | 116 min |
| Aug 7, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson | 68 min |
| Aug 7, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield, Elk | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Union | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 4:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Juniata, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Perry | 21 min |
| Aug 7, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder and 1 more | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, York | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 5:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Berks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia, Dauphin and 10 more | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Lawrence, Mercer | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 8:15 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | CLE | Erie | 12 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 10:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 10:27 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 10:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 10:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 10, 11:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 11:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 11:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 12:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Delaware | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 12:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery | 84 min |
| Aug 10, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 95 min |
| Aug 10, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 115 min |
| Aug 10, 1:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe and 4 more | 85 min |
| Aug 10, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Lancaster and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Franklin, York | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 3:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 3:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Cumberland and 21 more | 84 min |
| Aug 10, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 75 min |
| Aug 10, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 5:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Montgomery | 110 min |
| Aug 10, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 75 min |
| Aug 10, 5:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Philadelphia | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 10:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bucks, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 11:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 1:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 9:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lancaster | 88 min |
| Aug 13, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 2:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Schuylkill | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Perry, Snyder | 67 min |
| Aug 14, 2:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 3:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Schuylkill | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Venango | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 3:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 4:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 4 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 93 min |
| Aug 14, 4:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Mercer, Venango | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 6:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin and 10 more | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 6:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Venango | 111 min |
| Aug 14, 6:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Forest | 96 min |
| Aug 15, 2:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Lehigh and 6 more | 88 min |
| Aug 15, 2:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Northampton | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Philadelphia | 85 min |
| Aug 18, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 67 min |
| Aug 25, 3:45 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | CLE | Erie | 16 hr |
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 | 87 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 10 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 20 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- York County26
- Adams County22
- Lancaster County22
- Berks County17
- Chester County16
- Montgomery County15
- Lehigh County15
- Monroe County15
- Delaware County15
- Wayne County15
- Lebanon County13
- Cumberland County13
- Schuylkill County12
- Northampton County12
- Philadelphia County11
- Franklin County11
- Pike County11
- Dauphin County10
- Bucks County10
- Susquehanna County10
- Perry County9
- Carbon County8
- Luzerne County8
- Erie County7
- Lackawanna County6
- Somerset County5
- Northumberland County5
- Snyder County5
- Union County5
- Fulton County5
- Bradford County5
- Columbia County5
- Allegheny County4
- Wyoming County4
- Juniata County4
- Montour County4
- Crawford County3
- Mercer County3
- Potter County3
- Tioga County3
22 more counties
- Centre County3
- Clearfield County3
- Lycoming County3
- Sullivan County3
- Clarion County3
- Forest County3
- Venango County3
- Fayette County2
- Clinton County2
- Elk County2
- Bedford County2
- Westmoreland County2
- McKean County2
- Washington County2
- Greene County1
- Jefferson County1
- Mifflin County1
- Lawrence County1
- Warren County1
- Armstrong County1
- Butler County1
- Huntingdon County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.