Weather alerts in Pennsylvania, October 2012

144 weather alerts in October 2012, 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 October 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 144
Warnings: 57
Watches: 25
Advisories: 29
Busiest day: October 29, 201232 alerts

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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
Oct 2, 3:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton	2 hr
Oct 2, 6:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Montgomery	65 min
Oct 3, 12:26 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	10 hr
Oct 4, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon	64 min
Oct 4, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe	50 min
Oct 4, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Northampton	71 min
Oct 6, 2:50 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 8 more	13 hr
Oct 7, 4:16 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 8 more	29 hr
Oct 7, 4:54 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 18 more	28 hr
Oct 7, 3:03 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BGM	Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more	17 hr
Oct 7, 3:44 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	12 hr
Oct 7, 10:16 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	CTP	Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter	7 hr
Oct 8, 4:14 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BGM	Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming	26 hr
Oct 8, 4:14 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	BGM	Bradford	10 hr
Oct 8, 5:31 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clinton, Fulton, Huntingdon and 7 more	16 hr
Oct 8, 5:31 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	CTP	Cambria, Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Potter and 3 more	9 hr
Oct 8, 11:57 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 8 more	21 hr
Oct 8, 2:13 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	CTP	Cambria, Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Potter and 2 more	18 hr
Oct 8, 2:41 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	BGM	Bradford	16 hr
Oct 8, 3:06 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Erie	18 hr
Oct 8, 10:22 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	11 hr
Oct 9, 2:58 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	PBZ	Armstrong, Fayette, Greene, Jefferson, Westmoreland	20 hr
Oct 10, 10:54 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Fayette, Greene, Jefferson, Westmoreland	22 hr
Oct 10, 6:08 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon and 1 more	15 hr
Oct 10, 6:08 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	CTP	Cambria, Clearfield, Somerset	15 hr
Oct 11, 3:42 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 21 more	31 hr
Oct 11, 3:54 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	27 hr
Oct 11, 2:36 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	BGM	Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more	13 hr
Oct 11, 3:42 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	CLE	Erie	23 hr
Oct 12, 3:40 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	BGM	Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more	29 hr
Oct 12, 4:25 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	CTP	Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Lancaster and 8 more	3 hr
Oct 12, 7:18 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	25 hr
Oct 12, 10:15 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 22 more	22 hr
Oct 12, 2:40 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	PHI	Delaware	17 hr
Oct 12, 3:06 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	CLE	Erie	18 hr
Oct 14, 4:03 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	CLE	Erie	24 hr
Oct 15, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Delaware	88 min
Oct 15, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	61 min
Oct 15, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	80 min
Oct 15, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks	87 min
Oct 18, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Lawrence, Mercer	51 min
Oct 18, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Venango	46 min
Oct 18, 3:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Greene	83 min
Oct 18, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	43 min
Oct 18, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Fayette	50 min
Oct 18, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Westmoreland	38 min
Oct 18, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Westmoreland	52 min
Oct 18, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Cameron, Clearfield	43 min
Oct 19, 12:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon	42 min
Oct 19, 1:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh	45 min
Oct 19, 2:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	45 min
Oct 19, 3:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	29 min
Oct 19, 3:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	3 hr
Oct 19, 4:15 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	14 hr
Oct 19, 8:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia	50 min
Oct 19, 9:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming	6 hr
Oct 19, 4:48 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 17 more	87 min
Oct 19, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	45 min
Oct 19, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	33 min
Oct 19, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	32 min
Oct 19, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	37 min
Oct 19, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	44 min
Oct 19, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	63 min
Oct 19, 8:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Berks	31 min
Oct 19, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	96 min
Oct 19, 10:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Chester, Delaware	63 min
Oct 19, 10:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monroe, Northampton	60 min
Oct 19, 10:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery	63 min
Oct 19, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wayne	73 min
Oct 19, 11:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	35 min
Oct 27, 4:39 AM EDT	Flood Watch	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more	3 days
Oct 27, 4:51 AM EDT	Flood Watch	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and 1 more	71 hr
Oct 27, 5:05 AM EDT	High Wind Watch	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and 1 more	24 hr
Oct 27, 6:47 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	23 hr
Oct 27, 3:05 PM EDT	High Wind Watch	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more	13 hr
Oct 27, 3:12 PM EDT	High Wind Watch	BGM	Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more	13 hr
Oct 27, 3:23 PM EDT	High Wind Watch	CLE	Crawford, Erie	24 hr
Oct 27, 3:32 PM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	Crawford, Erie	72 hr
Oct 27, 3:37 PM EDT	Flood Watch	BGM	Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more	67 hr
Oct 27, 3:42 PM EDT	Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 8 more	58 hr
Oct 27, 3:47 PM EDT	High Wind Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 8 more	25 hr
Oct 27, 5:08 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	64 hr
Oct 28, 3:56 AM EDT	Lakeshore Flood Watch	CLE	Erie	12 hr
Oct 28, 4:11 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more	48 hr
Oct 28, 4:19 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	BGM	Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more	48 hr
Oct 28, 4:35 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and 1 more	52 hr
Oct 28, 3:26 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	44 hr
Oct 28, 3:37 PM EDT	Lakeshore Flood Warning	CLE	Erie	48 hr
Oct 28, 4:21 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 8 more	37 hr
Oct 29, 7:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	23 hr
Oct 29, 11:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware	33 hr
Oct 29, 11:21 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Chester	21 hr
Oct 29, 11:23 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny	47 hr
Oct 29, 11:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Delaware	19 hr
Oct 29, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Fayette	11 hr
Oct 29, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Westmoreland	11 hr
Oct 29, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland	11 hr
Oct 29, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	11 hr
Oct 29, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	PBZ	Indiana, Westmoreland	11 hr
Oct 29, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Bucks	18 hr
Oct 29, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Montgomery	18 hr
Oct 29, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Blair, Huntingdon	19 hr
Oct 29, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Huntingdon	10 hr
Oct 29, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Bedford	10 hr
Oct 29, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Perry	28 hr
Oct 29, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Blair, Huntingdon	22 hr
Oct 29, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Huntingdon	37 hr
Oct 29, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Cumberland	65 hr
Oct 29, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Cumberland, York	47 hr
Oct 29, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill	32 hr
Oct 29, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon	22 hr
Oct 29, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Dauphin	17 hr
Oct 29, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	31 hr
Oct 29, 12:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and 2 more	12 hr
Oct 29, 12:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CTP	Adams, Lancaster, York	21 hr
Oct 29, 2:52 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	CTP	Cambria, Somerset	47 hr
Oct 29, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	2 hr
Oct 29, 4:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Berks	14 hr
Oct 29, 5:08 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	35 hr
Oct 29, 5:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin and 8 more	11 hr
Oct 29, 6:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 6 more	18 hr
Oct 29, 8:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Elk and 6 more	8 hr
Oct 29, 10:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette	12 hr
Oct 29, 10:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Westmoreland	18 hr
Oct 29, 10:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland	12 hr
Oct 29, 10:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	12 hr
Oct 29, 10:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PBZ	Indiana, Westmoreland	21 hr
Oct 29, 10:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Wyoming	6 hr
Oct 30, 12:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Philadelphia	6 hr
Oct 30, 4:07 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BGM	Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more	11 hr
Oct 30, 4:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CTP	Bedford, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata, Perry and 1 more	5 hr
Oct 30, 4:18 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more	6 hr
Oct 30, 4:34 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fayette, Somerset	4 hr
Oct 30, 4:51 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Montgomery	5 hr
Oct 30, 4:51 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia	5 hr
Oct 30, 5:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Chester	5 hr
Oct 30, 6:03 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	20 hr
Oct 30, 8:48 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and 1 more	3 hr
Oct 30, 11:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	4 hr
Oct 30, 1:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 23 more	4 hr
Oct 30, 10:58 PM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	CTP	Somerset	15 hr
Oct 31, 12:14 AM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	13 hr
Oct 31, 12:53 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	22 hr
Oct 31, 2:05 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	CTP	Somerset	21 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	2
Tornado Warning	1
Mesoscale Discussion	3
Special Weather Statement	29
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	9
River Flood Warning	24
Flood Watch	5
River Flood Watch	5
Areal Flood Advisory	9
River Flood Advisory	1
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Weather Advisory	4
Cold
Freeze Warning	12
Freeze Watch	8
Frost Advisory	9
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	5
High Wind Watch	5
Wind Advisory	4
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	1
Lakeshore Flood Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Lakeshore 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.

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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.