Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Jefferson County

Weather alerts in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2020

113 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Jefferson County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
113
Warnings
26
Watches
12
Advisories
18
Busiest month
March16 alerts
Busiest day
June 22, 20208 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

Jefferson County, 2020

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings12118%2171%16 min
Flash flood warnings110%0

Each office's whole area, 2020

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Pittsburgh, PA: tornado warnings10370%838%4 min
NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings21314333%55583%19 min
NWS Pittsburgh, PA: flash flood warnings241921%4990%83 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 8, 3:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ79 min
Jan 8, 4:30 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ75 min
Jan 8, 6:21 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ24 min
Jan 8, 6:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ28 min
Jan 8, 7:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ57 min
Jan 8, 8:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ59 min
Jan 8, 9:21 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningPBZ39 min
Jan 11, 3:15 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ31 hr
Jan 16, 3:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ64 min
Jan 16, 4:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ55 min
Jan 16, 5:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ65 min
Jan 17, 2:02 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ28 hr
Feb 5, 3:44 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ27 hr
Feb 6, 2:58 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ28 hr
Feb 7, 5:32 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Feb 8, 1:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ60 min
Feb 12, 10:26 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ24 hr
Feb 13, 9:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ60 min
Feb 13, 9:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ86 min
Feb 29, 9:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ40 min
Feb 29, 10:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ74 min
Mar 3, 4:27 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 3, 9:20 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ25 min
Mar 20, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ54 min
Mar 20, 12:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 20, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ38 min
Mar 20, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ46 min
Mar 20, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ45 min
Mar 20, 2:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Mar 28, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 28, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ24 min
Mar 28, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ50 min
Mar 28, 4:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ5 hr
Mar 28, 9:13 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ6 hr
Mar 29, 10:58 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 29, 12:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Mar 29, 1:58 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPBZ7 hr
Apr 7, 10:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 7, 11:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ28 min
Apr 7, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 8, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ26 min
Apr 11, 2:03 PM EDTHigh Wind WatchPBZ24 hr
Apr 12, 1:44 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningPBZ30 hr
May 4, 1:18 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ19 hr
May 4, 1:18 PM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ19 hr
May 6, 1:01 PM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ20 hr
May 7, 1:13 PM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ18 hr
May 7, 1:13 PM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ45 hr
May 9, 3:17 AM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ28 hr
May 10, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ56 min
May 11, 2:53 AM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ29 hr
May 12, 11:46 AM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ21 hr
May 15, 1:52 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
May 15, 7:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
May 23, 3:51 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPBZ5 hr
May 29, 10:47 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
May 29, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ51 min
May 29, 4:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 29, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ24 min
Jun 3, 8:32 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jun 3, 8:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ40 min
Jun 3, 9:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ49 min
Jun 3, 3:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 4, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 4, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ76 min
Jun 10, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 19, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ22 min
Jun 22, 1:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jun 22, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ41 min
Jun 22, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ51 min
Jun 22, 2:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ2 hr
Jun 22, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTP24 min
Jun 22, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ36 min
Jun 22, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ54 min
Jun 22, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ31 min
Jul 7, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ14 min
Jul 7, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ22 min
Jul 7, 8:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ2 hr
Jul 16, 12:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jul 16, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 16, 3:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jul 16, 7:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Jul 19, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ46 min
Jul 19, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ32 min
Jul 29, 1:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jul 30, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ37 min
Aug 24, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ28 min
Aug 24, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ
Aug 25, 12:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Aug 25, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 27, 4:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Aug 27, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Aug 27, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ50 min
Aug 28, 9:55 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 28, 10:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ48 min
Aug 28, 11:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ25 min
Sep 18, 9:12 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ24 hr
Sep 19, 1:17 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ20 hr
Sep 20, 12:12 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ21 hr
Sep 21, 3:35 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ17 hr
Oct 2, 1:10 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ20 hr
Oct 15, 5:04 PM EDTFreeze WatchPBZ21 hr
Nov 14, 1:10 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ42 hr
Nov 15, 1:16 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Nov 15, 1:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Nov 15, 3:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ47 min
Nov 15, 3:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ24 min
Nov 29, 7:35 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ56 hr
Nov 30, 3:18 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningPBZ48 hr
Dec 15, 3:46 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchPBZ9 hr
Dec 15, 3:46 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningPBZ49 hr
Dec 16, 5:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ2 hr
Dec 23, 12:39 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ48 hr

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.