Alert archive / Pennsylvania / 2023
Weather alerts in Pennsylvania, March 2023
139 weather alerts in March 2023, 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 March 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 139
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 39
- Busiest day
- March 25, 202322 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:15 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:36 PM EST | High Wind Watch | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:01 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 40 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:13 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Greene and 3 more | 48 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:39 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 13 more | 43 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:06 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more | 46 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:53 PM EST | High Wind Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 43 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:49 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Philadelphia | 38 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:52 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:29 AM EST | High Wind Watch | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset | 8 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:41 PM EST | High Wind Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:41 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield and 12 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:07 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 24 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:18 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming | 28 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe, Northampton | 28 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Elk and 10 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Sullivan | 14 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:51 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradford, Cameron, Carbon, Clinton, Columbia, Elk and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 7:13 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | Erie | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 25 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford | 72 min |
| Mar 7, 5:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 57 min |
| Mar 7, 5:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson, Venango | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 5:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 6:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry | 62 min |
| Mar 9, 3:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more | 54 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:16 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 55 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Mercer, Venango | 31 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:58 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 47 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:33 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 18 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 24 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:16 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 24 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:22 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CLE | Erie | 24 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:55 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Fayette, Indiana, Westmoreland | 15 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie | 78 min |
| Mar 11, 2:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:18 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 24 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:20 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more | 64 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:26 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Fayette, Indiana, Westmoreland | 36 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:17 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 42 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:19 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Luzerne, Wyoming | 47 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:22 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | Cambria, Columbia, Schuylkill, Somerset, Sullivan, Tioga | 38 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:49 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 38 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:35 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Dauphin, Franklin and 6 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:56 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver, Greene, Washington | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Butler, Fayette, Lawrence, Westmoreland | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Mercer, Venango and 1 more | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford, Cambria, Somerset | 66 min |
| Mar 13, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong, Clarion, Forest, Indiana, Jefferson, Mercer and 1 more | 58 min |
| Mar 13, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford | 86 min |
| Mar 13, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford, Cambria, Fulton | 66 min |
| Mar 13, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon | 63 min |
| Mar 13, 8:30 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | Carbon | 25 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Venango | 57 min |
| Mar 13, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 65 min |
| Mar 13, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield, Huntingdon, Mifflin | 64 min |
| Mar 13, 10:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver, Butler | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 17, 3:20 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 46 hr |
| Mar 18, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 90 min |
| Mar 18, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest, Jefferson and 4 more | 49 min |
| Mar 18, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 3:28 PM EDT | Lake Effect Snow Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 22 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Forest, Jefferson | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 72 min |
| Mar 23, 11:53 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 29 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Butler | 24 min |
| Mar 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer | 14 min |
| Mar 23, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong, Indiana | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 17 min |
| Mar 23, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 16 min |
| Mar 23, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 13 min |
| Mar 24, 12:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Fayette, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny | 24 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:26 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 9 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:18 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 26 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:33 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CTP | Cambria, Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Potter and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:50 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Indiana, Jefferson | 29 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:47 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 26 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 11:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more | 85 min |
| Mar 25, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Mar 25, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Venango | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 2:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 10 more | 53 min |
| Mar 25, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 35 min |
| Mar 25, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Butler | 29 min |
| Mar 25, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Mercer | 26 min |
| Mar 25, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Mar 25, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 35 min |
| Mar 25, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 16 min |
| Mar 25, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Clarion, Forest, Venango | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Clarion | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Clarion, Jefferson | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Elk | 54 min |
| Mar 25, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Jefferson | 8 min |
| Mar 25, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 52 min |
| Mar 29, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 73 min |
| Mar 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradford, Cameron, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more | 62 min |
| Mar 29, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean, Warren | 53 min |
| Mar 29, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Indiana and 1 more | 62 min |
| Mar 29, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter, Warren | 53 min |
| Mar 29, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 62 min |
| Mar 29, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria, Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton, Tioga | 59 min |
| Mar 29, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Tioga | 57 min |
| Mar 29, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland and 4 more | 54 min |
| Mar 29, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 73 min |
| Mar 29, 9:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Susquehanna, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Wyoming | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 3:26 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:45 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | PBZ | Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Washington, Westmoreland | 24 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:57 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 31 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:32 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Washington, Westmoreland | 36 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:32 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest, Jefferson and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:05 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:08 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:22 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Dauphin and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:22 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more | 35 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 | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 5 |
| Special Weather Statement | 68 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| River Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Lake Effect Snow Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 19 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 4 |
| Wind Advisory | 16 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Butler County25
- Clarion County18
- Lawrence County18
- Erie County18
- Venango County18
- Mercer County18
- Cambria County16
- Armstrong County16
- Beaver County16
- Jefferson County16
- Crawford County16
- Indiana County15
- Somerset County14
- Allegheny County14
- Westmoreland County13
- Forest County13
- Fayette County12
- Clearfield County12
- Warren County12
- Carbon County11
- Washington County11
- Bedford County11
- Blair County11
- Cameron County11
- McKean County11
- Monroe County10
- Elk County10
- Bradford County10
- Huntingdon County10
- Greene County9
- Potter County9
- Tioga County9
- Luzerne County9
- Wyoming County9
- Centre County8
- Clinton County8
- Lycoming County8
- Sullivan County8
- Susquehanna County8
- Wayne County8
27 more counties
- Northampton County7
- Schuylkill County7
- Lackawanna County7
- Pike County7
- Fulton County7
- Mifflin County7
- Lehigh County6
- Columbia County6
- Montour County6
- Northumberland County6
- Union County6
- Franklin County6
- Juniata County6
- Lancaster County6
- Berks County5
- Bucks County5
- Chester County5
- Delaware County5
- Cumberland County5
- Perry County5
- York County5
- Montgomery County4
- Philadelphia County4
- Adams County4
- Dauphin County4
- Lebanon County4
- Snyder County3
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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.