Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Jefferson County
Weather alerts in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2022
104 weather alerts in 2022, 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 104
- Warnings
- 26
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 17
- Busiest month
- June20 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 16, 20225 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 2 tornado warnings covering Jefferson County in 2022 had a tornado report inside them.
Jefferson County, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 14 | 10 | 29% | 9 | 89% | 12 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: tornado warnings | 19 | 2 | 89% | 5 | 60% | 17 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 224 | 170 | 24% | 543 | 85% | 21 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: flash flood warnings | 29 | 20 | 31% | 45 | 98% | 40 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 8, 3:20 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 28 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:37 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | 32 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | 54 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:24 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 28 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:33 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 22 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:17 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 19 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:26 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 45 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 44 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:50 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:09 AM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | 37 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:10 PM EST | River Flood Watch | PBZ | 34 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:58 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PBZ | 41 hr |
| Feb 19, 5:56 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 9:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 47 min |
| Feb 21, 11:25 PM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | 18 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:58 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 30 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:13 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:49 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 30 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:53 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 2:43 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | 25 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:32 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | 37 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:33 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 62 min |
| Mar 29, 12:52 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 21 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 11:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 12:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 12:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 14, 9:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 83 min |
| Apr 15, 6:30 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 13 hr |
| May 6, 7:29 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 25 hr |
| May 7, 12:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | 20 hr |
| May 16, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 50 min |
| May 21, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 34 min |
| May 21, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 19 min |
| Jun 1, 1:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 1, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 1, 7:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 1, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 12 min |
| Jun 7, 2:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 19 min |
| Jun 16, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 13 min |
| Jun 16, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 2:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 22, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 8:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 1, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 12:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 24, 1:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 81 min |
| Jul 25, 1:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 3:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 3:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 4, 10:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 15 min |
| Aug 29, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 13 min |
| Aug 29, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 3:04 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 20 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Sep 25, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 28 min |
| Sep 25, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 24 min |
| Sep 29, 12:27 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 21 hr |
| Oct 8, 9:09 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 24 hr |
| Oct 15, 11:40 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 20 hr |
| Oct 16, 9:13 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | 27 hr |
| Oct 17, 12:30 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | 21 hr |
| Oct 19, 3:22 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | 8 hr |
| Oct 19, 11:38 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | 21 hr |
| Nov 11, 8:34 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | 3 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:50 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | PBZ | 55 min |
| Nov 18, 2:46 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | PBZ | 29 min |
| Nov 27, 3:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 49 min |
| Nov 30, 10:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 82 min |
| Dec 3, 11:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 50 min |
| Dec 14, 3:05 AM EST | Ice Storm Warning | PBZ | 41 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:27 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:35 PM EST | Wind Chill Watch | PBZ | 20 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:02 AM EST | High Wind Watch | PBZ | 8 hr |
| Dec 22, 11:01 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | PBZ | 62 hr |
| Dec 22, 11:01 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 25 hr |
| Dec 22, 11:04 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 40 hr |
| Dec 23, 7:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:09 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 16 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.