Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Lancaster County
Weather alerts in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 2008
156 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Lancaster County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 156
- Warnings
- 45
- Watches
- 27
- Advisories
- 49
- Busiest month
- June31 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 10, 20089 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Lancaster County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 34 | 10 | 71% | 14 | 57% | 42 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 100% | 94 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS State College, PA: tornado warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 0% | |
| NWS State College, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 184 | 86 | 53% | 179 | 84% | 26 min |
| NWS State College, PA: flash flood warnings | 4 | 3 | 25% | 13 | 31% | 88 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, 3:19 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CTP | 19 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:27 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:53 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:01 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | CTP | 20 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:36 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CTP | 29 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:17 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CTP | 29 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | 17 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:55 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CTP | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Feb 6, 9:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 55 min |
| Feb 9, 4:06 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CTP | 42 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:59 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CTP | 12 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:58 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | 44 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:06 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:01 PM EST | Ice Storm Warning | CTP | 17 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:31 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:21 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CTP | 11 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:45 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | 42 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:40 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:25 AM EST | Flood Watch | CTP | 54 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CTP | 13 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CTP | 28 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:05 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CTP | 43 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:34 AM EST | Flood Watch | CTP | 38 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:04 AM EST | High Wind Warning | CTP | 11 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:04 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CTP | 17 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:04 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CTP | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:35 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CTP | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:55 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CTP | 12 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:04 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CTP | 11 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:56 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | CTP | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:33 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CTP | 18 hr |
| May 8, 2:47 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CTP | 19 hr |
| May 11, 4:17 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CTP | 32 hr |
| May 27, 7:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 31, 8:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 31, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 31, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:59 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | CTP | 64 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:55 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CTP | 11 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:33 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CTP | 40 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 5:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 6:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 5:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 2:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 29, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 30, 12:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 30, 7:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 1, 12:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 26 min |
| Jul 22, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 2:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 82 min |
| Jul 23, 12:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 9:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:03 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 11:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 17 min |
| Jul 27, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 24 min |
| Jul 27, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 90 min |
| Jul 30, 2:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 30, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 62 min |
| Jul 30, 5:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 2, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 93 min |
| Aug 2, 7:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 7, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 5:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 4:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 10, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 9:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 88 min |
| Aug 14, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 93 min |
| Aug 14, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 6:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Sep 5, 10:50 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CTP | 33 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:10 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CTP | 25 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 8:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Sep 9, 8:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | 75 min |
| Sep 27, 1:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:45 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CTP | 6 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:34 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CTP | 5 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:33 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CTP | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:11 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CTP | 29 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:24 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CTP | 30 hr |
| Oct 19, 3:03 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | CTP | 30 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:25 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CTP | 23 hr |
| Nov 14, 1:17 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CTP | 8 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:22 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Dec 7, 9:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CTP | 10 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:18 AM EST | Flood Watch | CTP | 24 hr |
| Dec 11, 7:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 6 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CTP | 14 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:44 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | 31 hr |
| Dec 16, 11:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:04 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | 26 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:05 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | 24 hr |
| Dec 20, 11:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 10:25 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CTP | 7 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:58 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | 29 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:15 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:15 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:58 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CTP | 16 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:26 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CTP | 35 hr |
| Dec 31, 3:22 AM EST | High Wind Warning | CTP | 11 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 34 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 12 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 35 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 7 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 18 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 10 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
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.