Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Fayette County
Weather alerts in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 2024
186 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Fayette County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 186
- Warnings
- 72
- Watches
- 24
- Advisories
- 40
- Busiest month
- June33 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 25, 202411 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 3 tornado warnings covering Fayette County in 2024 had a tornado report inside them; 3 of 6 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 5 minutes after it went out.
Fayette County, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 6 | 50% | 5 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 37 | 27 | 27% | 50 | 88% | 18 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 6 | 6 | 0% | 5 | 60% | 24 min |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: tornado warnings | 37 | 14 | 62% | 58 | 60% | 10 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 283 | 206 | 27% | 917 | 85% | 20 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: flash flood warnings | 45 | 27 | 40% | 248 | 90% | 162 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 9:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 2:23 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | 28 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:23 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 29 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:47 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 26 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:03 PM EST | High Wind Watch | PBZ | 13 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:01 AM EST | High Wind Warning | PBZ | 40 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:01 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 62 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 26 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 27 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:28 PM EST | High Wind Warning | PBZ | 60 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:28 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 55 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 23 hr |
| Jan 14, 5:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 40 min |
| Jan 14, 6:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 90 min |
| Jan 14, 7:06 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | PBZ | 39 min |
| Jan 14, 7:42 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | PBZ | 48 min |
| Jan 15, 3:15 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 34 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:19 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 35 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | 12 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:57 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | 64 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 64 hr |
| Jan 19, 5:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 57 min |
| Jan 20, 10:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 39 min |
| Jan 20, 10:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 43 min |
| Jan 24, 11:39 AM EST | River Flood Watch | PBZ | 27 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:07 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | PBZ | 25 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:46 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | 23 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:01 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 19 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 36 min |
| Feb 15, 6:47 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:02 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | 11 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:02 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | 28 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:02 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 28 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:40 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 43 min |
| Feb 27, 1:49 PM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | 21 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:49 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 38 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:15 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 6:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 46 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:30 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 56 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:33 AM EDT | Snow Squall Warning | PBZ | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 12:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:02 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 23 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 1:03 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 66 hr |
| Apr 1, 9:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PBZ | 47 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | 37 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | 26 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PBZ | 30 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:32 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PBZ | 9 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:24 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PBZ | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:32 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 30 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:00 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 16 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 9:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | 4 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | 25 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:13 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 39 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 17, 6:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 17, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 59 min |
| Apr 20, 2:50 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | 11 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:20 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 19 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:20 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | 19 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:27 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 14 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:27 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | 21 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:05 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 20 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 66 min |
| May 8, 1:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 37 min |
| May 8, 2:26 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 8, 3:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 28 min |
| May 9, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 43 min |
| May 11, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 51 min |
| May 11, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 39 min |
| May 11, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 62 min |
| May 11, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | 34 min |
| May 22, 12:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 25, 11:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 46 min |
| May 25, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 46 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 30 min |
| May 25, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 33 min |
| May 25, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 40 min |
| May 25, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 39 min |
| May 25, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 15 min |
| May 25, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 43 min |
| May 25, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 42 min |
| May 25, 9:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | 3 hr |
| May 25, 10:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | 3 hr |
| May 26, 12:00 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PBZ | 8 hr |
| May 26, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 26, 7:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 26, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 61 min |
| May 26, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 67 min |
| May 29, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 36 min |
| May 29, 3:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | 101 min |
| Jun 4, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | 104 min |
| Jun 14, 12:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 14, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | 94 min |
| Jun 14, 6:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 15, 9:53 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PBZ | 40 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:06 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PBZ | 6 days |
| Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 12:19 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PBZ | 4 days |
| Jun 18, 1:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 18, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 1:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 7:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 23, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 26, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 9:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 12:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 29, 1:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 3:19 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PBZ | 16 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:23 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PBZ | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 6, 4:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 2:57 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 46 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 23 min |
| Aug 31, 12:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 25 min |
| Aug 31, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 2:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 41 min |
| Sep 22, 2:43 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PBZ | 7 hr |
| Sep 26, 1:33 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 31 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Oct 6, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 52 min |
| Oct 9, 1:07 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 20 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:21 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 30 hr |
| Oct 10, 12:24 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | 21 hr |
| Oct 14, 2:39 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 18 hr |
| Oct 15, 12:36 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | 20 hr |
| Oct 17, 12:55 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | 20 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | 44 hr |
| Nov 20, 10:10 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | 64 hr |
| Nov 20, 10:10 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 51 hr |
| Nov 20, 11:52 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 13 hr |
| Nov 20, 4:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 117 min |
| Nov 20, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 65 min |
| Nov 22, 1:56 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Nov 29, 1:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 24 min |
| Nov 29, 2:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 60 min |
| Dec 3, 3:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | 25 hr |
| Dec 4, 4:18 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | 49 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:39 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 46 hr |
| Dec 21, 10:56 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 13 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 41 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:10 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 39 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 36 min |
| Dec 31, 2:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 31 min |
| Dec 31, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 39 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.
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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.