Alert archive / Pennsylvania / 2008
Weather alerts in Pennsylvania, September 2008
63 weather alerts in September 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 September 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 63
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest day
- September 9, 200820 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 4, 3:00 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and 1 more | 57 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:07 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming | 43 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:50 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CTP | Adams, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill, York | 33 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:56 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 35 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:44 PM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 34 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:10 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CTP | Adams, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill, York | 25 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lebanon | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | York | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Dauphin | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Schuylkill | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Bucks, Philadelphia | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 4:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 4:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 5:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Centre, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Montour and 3 more | 64 min |
| Sep 9, 6:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Somerset | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 6:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder | 53 min |
| Sep 9, 7:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 8:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh and 3 more | 115 min |
| Sep 9, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 50 min |
| Sep 9, 8:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 75 min |
| Sep 9, 8:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery and 1 more | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 9:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe and 3 more | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 9:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 12:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Delaware, Philadelphia | 94 min |
| Sep 12, 6:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Cambria | 113 min |
| Sep 12, 7:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Cambria | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greene, Washington | 114 min |
| Sep 13, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 47 min |
| Sep 14, 10:50 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 6 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:01 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 9 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:46 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:50 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 17 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:02 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:18 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:33 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | CLE | Erie | 10 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:36 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne | 12 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:33 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | CTP | Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, McKean, Potter and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:21 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne | 30 hr |
| Sep 18, 6:12 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CTP | Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, McKean, Potter and 3 more | 26 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Tioga | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:04 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CTP | McKean, Potter | 18 hr |
| Sep 24, 5:15 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 23 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:44 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 21 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Snyder, Union | 111 min |
| Sep 27, 1:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lancaster, York | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:45 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CTP | Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Lancaster and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:34 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton and 18 more | 5 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 | 12 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 17 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 3 |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Tropical | |
| Inland Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Philadelphia County11
- Lancaster County11
- Bucks County11
- Delaware County10
- Lehigh County9
- Northampton County9
- York County9
- Lebanon County8
- Montgomery County8
- Berks County7
- Dauphin County7
- Schuylkill County7
- Clinton County7
- Lycoming County7
- Carbon County6
- Monroe County6
- Adams County6
- Chester County6
- Blair County6
- Cambria County6
- Snyder County6
- Perry County5
- Centre County5
- Huntingdon County5
- Union County5
- McKean County5
- Potter County5
- Tioga County5
- Cumberland County4
- Mifflin County4
- Montour County4
- Northumberland County4
- Juniata County4
- Washington County4
- Cameron County4
- Elk County4
- Warren County4
- Susquehanna County3
- Wayne County3
- Bedford County3
26 more counties
- Erie County3
- Clearfield County3
- Columbia County3
- Sullivan County3
- Franklin County2
- Somerset County2
- Greene County2
- Crawford County2
- Allegheny County2
- Armstrong County2
- Beaver County2
- Butler County2
- Clarion County2
- Forest County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lawrence County2
- Mercer County2
- Venango County2
- Bradford County2
- Lackawanna County1
- Luzerne County1
- Pike County1
- Wyoming County1
- Indiana County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Fulton 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.