Alert archive / Pennsylvania / 2016
Weather alerts in Pennsylvania, September 2016
132 weather alerts in September 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 132
- Warnings
- 36
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 17
- Busiest day
- September 19, 201622 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:19 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CLE | Erie | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 9:59 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CLE | Erie | 9 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:50 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery and 2 more | 3 days |
| Sep 7, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 51 min |
| Sep 7, 3:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Fayette and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 19 min |
| Sep 7, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Westmoreland | 15 min |
| Sep 7, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 21 min |
| Sep 7, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 9:34 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CLE | Erie | 24 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 65 min |
| Sep 7, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Elk, McKean, Warren | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 12:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumberland and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Forest, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 59 min |
| Sep 8, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Mercer | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 24 min |
| Sep 8, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Forest, Venango | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Lawrence, Mercer | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more | 42 min |
| Sep 8, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Elk, Potter | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Potter | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 9:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Beaver, Butler, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver, Butler | 115 min |
| Sep 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CLE | Erie | 48 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 11:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Cumberland | 112 min |
| Sep 10, 1:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren | 2 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren | 2 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie | 38 min |
| Sep 10, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 67 min |
| Sep 10, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 51 min |
| Sep 10, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Mercer | 49 min |
| Sep 10, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 40 min |
| Sep 10, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Mercer, Venango | 39 min |
| Sep 10, 8:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 9 more | 84 min |
| Sep 10, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 24 min |
| Sep 10, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 53 min |
| Sep 10, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Forest, Venango | 38 min |
| Sep 10, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest and 4 more | 60 min |
| Sep 10, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 59 min |
| Sep 14, 1:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna and 2 more | 87 min |
| Sep 14, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Pike | 32 min |
| Sep 14, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 24 min |
| Sep 17, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Mercer | 37 min |
| Sep 17, 4:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 25 min |
| Sep 17, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 38 min |
| Sep 17, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Mercer | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 26 min |
| Sep 17, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 57 min |
| Sep 17, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Venango | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 6:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Elk, Forest and 4 more | 65 min |
| Sep 17, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Venango | 27 min |
| Sep 17, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Venango | 37 min |
| Sep 17, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Forest, Venango | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Clarion | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Elk | 23 min |
| Sep 18, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair | 62 min |
| Sep 18, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 58 min |
| Sep 18, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Union | 29 min |
| Sep 18, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 60 min |
| Sep 18, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming, Northumberland, Union | 56 min |
| Sep 18, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland | 47 min |
| Sep 18, 7:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Union | 44 min |
| Sep 18, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 53 min |
| Sep 18, 7:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Venango | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 61 min |
| Sep 18, 9:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan, Union | 114 min |
| Sep 18, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 61 min |
| Sep 18, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia | 53 min |
| Sep 18, 11:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 40 min |
| Sep 19, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 65 min |
| Sep 19, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 45 min |
| Sep 19, 1:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Schuylkill | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 28 min |
| Sep 19, 1:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 26 min |
| Sep 19, 1:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 40 min |
| Sep 19, 2:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 54 min |
| Sep 19, 3:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 47 min |
| Sep 19, 3:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 81 min |
| Sep 19, 4:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill, York | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 8:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Philadelphia | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 52 min |
| Sep 19, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia | 58 min |
| Sep 26, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fayette, Greene | 2 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 26 min |
| Sep 26, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 36 min |
| Sep 26, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria | 63 min |
| Sep 26, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 24 min |
| Sep 26, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria | 52 min |
| Sep 28, 7:47 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Franklin and 7 more | 35 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 43 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 39 min |
| Sep 28, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 56 min |
| Sep 29, 1:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 17 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 62 min |
| Sep 29, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Washington | 29 min |
| Sep 29, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 27 min |
| Sep 29, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 46 min |
| Sep 29, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 32 min |
| Sep 30, 1:40 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 13 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Greene | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 5:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery | 4 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 | 28 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 9 |
| Special Weather Statement | 63 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 14 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Venango County19
- Warren County16
- Mercer County16
- Erie County14
- Butler County14
- Crawford County12
- Lawrence County12
- McKean County11
- Washington County10
- Armstrong County10
- Forest County10
- Clarion County10
- Allegheny County9
- Cumberland County7
- Westmoreland County7
- Elk County7
- Beaver County7
- Adams County6
- Jefferson County6
- Berks County5
- Greene County5
- Indiana County5
- Delaware County4
- Philadelphia County4
- Cambria County4
- Franklin County4
- Centre County4
- Lancaster County4
- Northumberland County4
- Schuylkill County4
- York County4
- Monroe County4
- Sullivan County4
- Union County4
- Lycoming County4
- Columbia County4
- Carbon County4
- Chester County3
- Montgomery County3
- Bedford County3
25 more counties
- Blair County3
- Fayette County3
- Fulton County3
- Dauphin County3
- Lebanon County3
- Potter County3
- Pike County3
- Lehigh County2
- Northampton County2
- Huntingdon County2
- Somerset County2
- Perry County2
- Tioga County2
- Clearfield County2
- Luzerne County2
- Wyoming County2
- Clinton County2
- Montour County2
- Bucks County1
- Cameron County1
- Lackawanna County1
- Susquehanna County1
- Wayne County1
- Juniata County1
- Mifflin 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.