Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Lehigh County

Weather alerts in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 2019

246 weather alerts in 2019, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Lehigh County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
246
Warnings
74
Watches
35
Advisories
57
Busiest month
May58 alerts
Busiest day
May 29, 201921 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 1 tornado warnings covering Lehigh County in 2019 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.

Lehigh County, 2019

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings10100%10%
Severe thunderstorm warnings373214%5589%21 min
Flash flood warnings171041%5100%58 min

Each office's whole area, 2019

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: tornado warnings32488%1735%5 min
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: severe thunderstorm warnings41027633%1,17587%25 min
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: flash flood warnings865141%21194%96 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
Dec 31, 9:59 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI9 hr
Jan 7, 3:16 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI27 hr
Jan 17, 3:39 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchPHI36 hr
Jan 18, 3:20 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningPHI45 hr
Jan 19, 3:21 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI24 hr
Jan 19, 9:33 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jan 20, 3:38 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryPHI50 hr
Jan 20, 9:49 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Jan 23, 3:58 AM ESTFlood WatchPHI36 hr
Jan 24, 10:43 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jan 24, 2:03 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningPHI4 hr
Jan 28, 3:16 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Jan 29, 5:46 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 29, 9:08 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryPHI37 hr
Jan 30, 3:32 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI17 hr
Jan 30, 11:10 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 30, 12:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI58 min
Jan 30, 1:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI113 min
Jan 30, 2:05 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningPHI55 min
Feb 11, 4:37 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI37 hr
Feb 11, 3:30 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningPHI39 hr
Feb 12, 10:48 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 12, 3:35 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 13, 12:37 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningPHI53 min
Feb 17, 3:46 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Feb 18, 3:16 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchPHI24 hr
Feb 19, 2:55 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI37 hr
Feb 20, 6:32 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 23, 4:02 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchPHI23 hr
Feb 23, 2:58 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningPHI48 hr
Feb 25, 2:58 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Mar 1, 2:50 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI18 hr
Mar 2, 3:35 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchPHI24 hr
Mar 3, 4:01 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningPHI24 hr
Mar 3, 5:41 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Mar 10, 10:31 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI5 hr
Mar 15, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI28 min
Mar 15, 6:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI117 min
Mar 21, 3:22 AM EDTFlood WatchPHI24 hr
Apr 2, 3:02 PM EDTFire Weather WatchPHI12 hr
Apr 3, 3:16 AM EDTRed Flag WarningPHI20 hr
Apr 9, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI39 min
Apr 9, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI31 min
Apr 12, 9:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Apr 13, 4:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI104 min
Apr 14, 5:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI11 hr
Apr 14, 11:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 15, 1:05 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 15, 2:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Apr 15, 2:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI41 min
Apr 15, 3:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI20 min
Apr 15, 3:19 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI18 hr
Apr 18, 3:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI42 hr
Apr 26, 11:37 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Apr 26, 2:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 26, 4:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Apr 26, 6:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Apr 28, 2:18 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPHI17 hr
May 3, 10:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
May 4, 3:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI21 hr
May 4, 9:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
May 5, 1:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
May 5, 5:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
May 5, 7:20 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHI10 hr
May 7, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI30 min
May 7, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI48 min
May 13, 2:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
May 19, 1:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 19, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 19, 4:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
May 19, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI40 min
May 19, 6:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
May 19, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI46 min
May 19, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI38 min
May 19, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI51 min
May 19, 9:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI4 hr
May 19, 10:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
May 19, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI60 min
May 19, 11:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI3 hr
May 19, 11:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI39 min
May 23, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI36 min
May 23, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI29 min
May 23, 9:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 26, 11:14 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
May 28, 1:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
May 28, 1:48 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
May 28, 4:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 28, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI44 min
May 28, 8:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
May 29, 3:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI18 hr
May 29, 12:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
May 29, 1:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
May 29, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI41 min
May 29, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI60 min
May 29, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI65 min
May 29, 3:17 PM EDTTornado WarningPHI28 min
May 29, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI46 min
May 29, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI62 min
May 29, 3:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
May 29, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI47 min
May 29, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI27 min
May 29, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI42 min
May 29, 4:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI51 min
May 29, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI25 min
May 29, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI48 min
May 29, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI40 min
May 29, 4:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI4 hr
May 29, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI3 hr
May 29, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI34 min
May 29, 9:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHI2 hr
May 30, 3:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI18 hr
May 30, 12:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 30, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 30, 3:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
May 30, 4:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
May 30, 4:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI4 hr
Jun 2, 1:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 2, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 17, 3:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI47 hr
Jun 18, 11:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jun 18, 12:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 18, 12:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI7 hr
Jun 18, 3:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jun 18, 3:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI4 hr
Jun 18, 5:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI3 hr
Jun 19, 3:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI43 hr
Jun 20, 1:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 20, 2:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jun 26, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI27 min
Jun 28, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI34 min
Jun 28, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI35 min
Jun 28, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI44 min
Jun 28, 5:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI76 min
Jun 28, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI48 min
Jun 28, 5:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI2 hr
Jun 29, 11:34 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jun 29, 12:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jun 29, 1:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Jun 29, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI55 min
Jun 29, 4:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Jul 2, 5:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 6, 5:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jul 6, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI38 min
Jul 6, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI67 min
Jul 11, 3:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI18 hr
Jul 11, 3:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jul 11, 3:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI4 hr
Jul 11, 7:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI3 hr
Jul 11, 11:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHI3 hr
Jul 16, 2:44 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningPHI5 days
Jul 16, 2:44 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI29 hr
Jul 17, 3:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI19 hr
Jul 17, 1:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 17, 1:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI80 min
Jul 17, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 17, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI25 min
Jul 17, 3:14 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHI24 hr
Jul 17, 3:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 17, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI46 min
Jul 17, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI41 min
Jul 17, 6:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 17, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI44 min
Jul 17, 7:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI3 hr
Jul 17, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI31 min
Jul 18, 1:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 18, 2:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Jul 21, 3:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI51 hr
Jul 21, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI46 min
Jul 21, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI37 min
Jul 21, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI29 min
Jul 21, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI50 min
Jul 21, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI50 min
Jul 21, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI46 min
Jul 21, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI51 min
Jul 21, 9:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Jul 21, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI46 min
Jul 21, 10:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI3 hr
Jul 21, 10:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI3 hr
Jul 21, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI40 min
Jul 21, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI40 min
Jul 21, 11:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI2 hr
Jul 21, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI50 min
Jul 22, 5:32 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHI49 min
Jul 22, 1:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Jul 22, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 22, 4:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jul 22, 4:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 22, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI50 min
Jul 22, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI4 hr
Jul 22, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI73 min
Jul 22, 5:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI4 hr
Jul 22, 8:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jul 22, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI32 min
Jul 22, 8:59 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHI7 hr
Jul 23, 3:53 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHI112 min
Jul 30, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI52 min
Jul 31, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 7, 1:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Aug 7, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 7, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI43 min
Aug 7, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI51 min
Aug 7, 3:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI91 min
Aug 7, 3:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Aug 12, 3:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI23 hr
Aug 14, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI29 min
Aug 16, 1:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 16, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI47 min
Aug 17, 1:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 18, 3:32 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI4 days
Aug 18, 5:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Aug 18, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI52 min
Aug 18, 6:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 21, 11:31 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Aug 21, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Aug 22, 8:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Sep 2, 2:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Sep 2, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI44 min
Sep 4, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 11, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI24 min
Sep 11, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI28 min
Sep 12, 2:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Sep 28, 5:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Oct 4, 5:38 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryPHI27 hr
Oct 15, 3:27 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI51 hr
Oct 16, 6:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Oct 18, 3:16 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Oct 31, 3:16 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI18 hr
Oct 31, 7:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 31, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Oct 31, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI64 min
Oct 31, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI62 min
Oct 31, 9:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI64 min
Oct 31, 9:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 31, 10:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Oct 31, 11:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI4 hr
Nov 1, 3:02 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHI5 hr
Nov 1, 3:31 AM EDTFreeze WatchPHI6 hr
Nov 1, 9:12 AM EDTFreeze WarningPHI25 hr
Nov 27, 3:37 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI38 hr
Nov 29, 3:29 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchPHI24 hr
Nov 30, 3:43 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI3 days
Nov 30, 3:41 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningPHI60 hr
Dec 1, 4:11 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI32 hr
Dec 15, 3:24 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI51 hr
Dec 18, 2:23 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningPHI67 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.