Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Allegheny County

Weather alerts in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 2013

226 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Allegheny County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
226
Warnings
63
Watches
23
Advisories
48
Busiest month
June46 alerts
Busiest day
July 10, 201311 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Allegheny County in 2013 had a tornado report inside them.

Allegheny County, 2013

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings10100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings42420%8885%22 min
Flash flood warnings990%6093%87 min

Each office's whole area, 2013

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Pittsburgh, PA: tornado warnings15380%560%15 min
NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings26222315%74684%24 min
NWS Pittsburgh, PA: flash flood warnings483723%12787%80 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 11, 6:33 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPBZ16 hr
Jan 15, 11:29 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ23 hr
Jan 15, 8:36 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 16, 4:23 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryPBZ18 hr
Jan 17, 10:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ52 min
Jan 18, 1:46 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ59 min
Jan 20, 5:16 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ6 hr
Jan 21, 3:04 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryPBZ58 hr
Jan 21, 1:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ58 min
Jan 21, 1:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ66 min
Jan 21, 2:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ60 min
Jan 24, 9:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ50 min
Jan 24, 3:18 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ27 hr
Jan 27, 4:04 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ31 hr
Jan 28, 12:22 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 29, 1:50 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryPBZ4 days
Jan 30, 4:30 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ29 hr
Jan 30, 8:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jan 30, 9:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ39 min
Jan 30, 10:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ38 min
Jan 31, 10:04 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZ11 hr
Jan 31, 6:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ48 min
Feb 1, 3:32 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ55 hr
Feb 3, 7:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ51 min
Feb 3, 8:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ52 min
Feb 5, 1:04 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ6 hr
Feb 11, 3:54 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ28 hr
Feb 13, 2:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ111 min
Feb 15, 6:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ87 min
Feb 16, 6:55 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ23 hr
Feb 18, 11:52 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ11 hr
Feb 20, 1:25 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ3 hr
Feb 20, 10:25 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ80 min
Feb 21, 8:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ58 min
Feb 21, 9:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ119 min
Feb 21, 3:03 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ31 hr
Mar 4, 2:50 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningPBZ48 hr
Mar 4, 2:50 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ45 hr
Mar 13, 6:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ61 min
Mar 17, 3:27 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ35 hr
Mar 23, 3:53 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchPBZ16 hr
Mar 23, 8:21 PM EDTWinter Storm WarningPBZ45 hr
Mar 23, 8:21 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ42 hr
Mar 25, 12:35 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Mar 25, 5:31 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Mar 26, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ43 min
Apr 5, 11:21 AM EDTRed Flag WarningPBZ10 hr
Apr 10, 1:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Apr 10, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ23 min
Apr 10, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ48 min
Apr 10, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ40 min
Apr 10, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ60 min
Apr 10, 5:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Apr 10, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ63 min
Apr 10, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 10, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ54 min
Apr 10, 7:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ6 hr
Apr 10, 8:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 10, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ54 min
Apr 10, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ36 min
Apr 10, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ50 min
Apr 11, 11:46 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryPBZ16 hr
Apr 16, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 16, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ29 min
Apr 16, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ43 min
Apr 16, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ49 min
Apr 16, 8:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Apr 19, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ61 min
Apr 25, 2:44 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ18 hr
May 10, 2:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
May 10, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ61 min
May 12, 2:31 PM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ18 hr
May 13, 1:43 PM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ18 hr
May 15, 5:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
May 22, 2:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 22, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 22, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ48 min
May 23, 11:50 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 23, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ49 min
May 24, 3:41 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ28 hr
May 25, 3:50 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ28 hr
Jun 6, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ39 min
Jun 12, 4:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPBZ37 hr
Jun 12, 6:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Jun 12, 6:28 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 12, 11:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Jun 12, 11:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPC7 hr
Jun 13, 2:40 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 13, 3:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ65 min
Jun 13, 4:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ57 min
Jun 13, 4:27 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ4 hr
Jun 13, 4:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ77 min
Jun 13, 8:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ60 min
Jun 18, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ60 min
Jun 18, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ48 min
Jun 18, 5:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Jun 25, 12:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 25, 3:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jun 25, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 25, 5:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jun 25, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ81 min
Jun 25, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ53 min
Jun 25, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ65 min
Jun 25, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ75 min
Jun 25, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ51 min
Jun 25, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ73 min
Jun 25, 8:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jun 26, 12:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ69 min
Jun 26, 12:50 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ6 hr
Jun 26, 11:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPBZ14 hr
Jun 27, 8:50 AM EDTFlood WatchPBZ9 hr
Jun 27, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ51 min
Jun 28, 1:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jun 28, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 28, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ57 min
Jun 28, 3:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 28, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ47 min
Jun 28, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ62 min
Jun 28, 5:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Jun 28, 7:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jun 30, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ27 min
Jun 30, 2:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 30, 2:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Jun 30, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ51 min
Jun 30, 3:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ54 min
Jun 30, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ30 min
Jul 4, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ31 min
Jul 6, 1:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPBZ27 hr
Jul 9, 1:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPBZ31 hr
Jul 9, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ37 min
Jul 10, 5:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Jul 10, 6:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ7 hr
Jul 10, 12:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 10, 3:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC30 min
Jul 10, 4:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ6 hr
Jul 10, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ38 min
Jul 10, 5:42 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZ18 min
Jul 10, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ47 min
Jul 10, 6:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Jul 10, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ47 min
Jul 16, 3:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Jul 16, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ46 min
Jul 16, 4:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ114 min
Jul 16, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ66 min
Jul 17, 3:42 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPBZ14 hr
Jul 17, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ35 min
Jul 17, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ35 min
Jul 17, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ51 min
Jul 17, 4:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Jul 17, 9:09 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPBZ23 hr
Jul 19, 1:48 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPBZ16 hr
Jul 19, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ35 min
Jul 19, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ29 min
Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ31 min
Jul 21, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ40 min
Jul 21, 6:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Jul 21, 7:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Jul 22, 9:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPBZ12 hr
Jul 22, 3:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ6 hr
Jul 22, 5:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ4 hr
Jul 22, 5:48 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Jul 23, 12:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jul 23, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 23, 4:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jul 23, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ46 min
Jul 23, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ42 min
Jul 23, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ38 min
Jul 23, 6:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Aug 7, 3:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Aug 7, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Aug 8, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ43 min
Aug 8, 8:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Aug 8, 8:23 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Aug 22, 2:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 22, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ38 min
Aug 22, 9:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ53 min
Aug 28, 3:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ6 hr
Sep 1, 8:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Sep 9, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ53 min
Sep 9, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ49 min
Sep 9, 6:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Sep 11, 11:42 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Sep 11, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 11, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ37 min
Sep 11, 2:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Sep 11, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ22 min
Sep 11, 3:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Sep 11, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ44 min
Sep 11, 3:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Sep 12, 11:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ27 min
Sep 12, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ49 min
Sep 12, 12:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Oct 5, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ42 min
Oct 19, 7:35 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ12 hr
Oct 25, 6:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ73 min
Nov 1, 12:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Nov 1, 2:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ43 min
Nov 1, 3:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ44 min
Nov 17, 4:00 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ31 hr
Nov 17, 7:36 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Nov 17, 8:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Nov 17, 9:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ54 min
Nov 17, 9:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ58 min
Nov 23, 1:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ43 min
Nov 23, 2:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ59 min
Nov 23, 3:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ60 min
Nov 24, 3:12 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchPBZ24 hr
Nov 25, 3:29 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningPBZ60 hr
Dec 5, 10:51 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryPBZ66 hr
Dec 5, 4:01 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ32 hr
Dec 6, 4:02 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Dec 6, 7:41 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Dec 7, 3:51 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ41 hr
Dec 9, 11:46 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ24 hr
Dec 13, 2:56 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ47 hr
Dec 21, 10:31 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryPBZ71 hr
Dec 22, 1:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
Dec 22, 2:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ53 min
Dec 24, 8:28 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ77 min
Dec 25, 11:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ43 min
Dec 26, 12:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ55 min
Dec 26, 2:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ58 min
Dec 31, 5:54 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ51 min
Dec 31, 11:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ85 min

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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.