Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1998
165 flash flood warnings in 1998. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 165
- Busiest month
- January48 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- January 8, 199836 flash flood warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 4:37 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Elk, McKean, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jan 7, 9:48 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 4 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Warren | 7 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Somerset | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 5:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Forest | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Warren | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | McKean | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin, Perry | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Forest | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Potter | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Juniata, Northumberland, Snyder | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Union | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Fulton, Huntingdon | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Mifflin | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin, Perry | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Potter | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:17 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cameron | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Mifflin, Union | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Columbia, Juniata, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Perry and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:43 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 7:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Union | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Washington | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Warren | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion | 90 min |
| Jan 9, 5:26 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 6:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 5 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Northumberland, Snyder, Union | 5 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Montour | 5 hr |
| Feb 18, 5:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Union | 2 hr |
| Feb 18, 7:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Union | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 9:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Franklin | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Perry | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Juniata, Snyder | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Franklin | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Juniata, Perry, Snyder | 5 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 5 hr |
| Mar 21, 9:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Perry, York | 5 hr |
| Mar 21, 9:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 5 hr |
| Mar 21, 9:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Perry, York | 5 hr |
| Mar 21, 9:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 5 hr |
| Mar 21, 11:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Franklin | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 8:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 110 min |
| Apr 1, 9:56 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford | 2 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 2 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Fulton, Huntingdon | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Blair, Centre | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Juniata, Mifflin | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Franklin | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Northumberland, Snyder, Union | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Montour | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 8 hr |
| Apr 20, 6:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria, Clearfield | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Centre, Huntingdon | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 2 hr |
| May 5, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | York | 4 hr |
| May 5, 7:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 3 hr |
| May 5, 7:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin | 3 hr |
| May 5, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford | 50 min |
| May 5, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 3 hr |
| May 5, 8:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford | 6 hr |
| May 5, 8:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 3 hr |
| May 5, 10:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 4 hr |
| May 6, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 3 hr |
| May 8, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Franklin | 6 hr |
| May 8, 9:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 5 hr |
| May 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Somerset | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 105 min |
| Jun 2, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 117 min |
| Jun 16, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Somerset | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 119 min |
| Jun 20, 12:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 94 min |
| Jun 20, 12:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cambria | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Elk | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Tioga | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Elk | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | York | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Potter | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Tioga | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Northumberland | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | York | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lebanon | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington | 119 min |
| Jun 27, 8:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Greene | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Greene | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Greene | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Greene | 10 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Washington | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Mifflin | 4 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford, Fulton | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford, Fulton | 116 min |
| Aug 14, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | McKean | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Elk | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Elk, McKean | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Elk, McKean | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 117 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lancaster County12
- York County11
- Westmoreland County10
- Franklin County8
- Lycoming County8
- Bedford County8
- Dauphin County7
- Cumberland County7
- Perry County7
- Union County7
- Huntingdon County7
- Elk County6
- McKean County6
- Warren County6
- Crawford County6
- Lebanon County6
- Schuylkill County6
- Adams County6
- Snyder County6
- Somerset County5
- Beaver County5
- Juniata County5
- Northumberland County5
- Centre County5
- Washington County5
- Chester County5
- Cambria County5
- Allegheny County5
- Greene County5
- Montour County4
- Sullivan County4
- Blair County4
- Fulton County4
- Mifflin County4
- Montgomery County4
- Mercer County4
- Erie County3
- Potter County3
- Columbia County3
- Bradford County3
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. Rebuilt daily.