Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Luzerne County
Weather alerts in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 2015
97 weather alerts in 2015, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Luzerne County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 97
- Warnings
- 15
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- June24 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 8, 20156 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Luzerne County, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Binghamton, NY: tornado warnings | 4 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Binghamton, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 62 | 40 | 35% | 108 | 81% | 23 min |
| NWS Binghamton, NY: flash flood warnings | 26 | 10 | 62% | 41 | 78% | 97 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 2, 2:28 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | 36 hr |
| Jan 3, 9:59 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:55 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BGM | 54 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:42 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | 35 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:49 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | 33 hr |
| Jan 23, 11:48 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:35 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BGM | 31 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | 11 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:02 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BGM | 47 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:17 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BGM | 18 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:20 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BGM | 19 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:27 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | 35 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:34 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | BGM | 34 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:39 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | BGM | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 9:52 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | 33 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:56 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | BGM | 55 hr |
| Feb 14, 6:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 115 min |
| Feb 18, 4:17 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | BGM | 23 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:17 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BGM | 39 hr |
| Feb 18, 8:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 80 min |
| Feb 18, 9:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 83 min |
| Feb 19, 3:11 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | BGM | 31 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:02 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BGM | 21 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:29 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | 12 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:29 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | 37 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:11 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BGM | 44 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:03 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | 37 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:45 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | 40 hr |
| Mar 3, 7:01 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:56 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BGM | 8 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | 3 days |
| Mar 19, 3:43 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | 38 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:13 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BGM | 12 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:14 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | BGM | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:32 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | BGM | 16 hr |
| Apr 20, 5:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 20, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 3, 3:40 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | BGM | 12 hr |
| May 4, 3:22 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | BGM | 16 hr |
| May 13, 2:50 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BGM | 29 hr |
| May 16, 1:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 22, 3:32 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BGM | 29 hr |
| May 27, 12:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 27, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 27, 2:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 31, 12:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BGM | 13 hr |
| May 31, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | 23 min |
| May 31, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 1:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 8, 1:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 8, 3:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 8, 6:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 11, 2:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 11, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 2:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 12, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 12, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 3:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BGM | 13 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 23, 10:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 12:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 57 min |
| Jun 30, 4:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 65 min |
| Jun 30, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 4:00 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BGM | 5 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BGM | 16 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 9, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 12:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 3:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 27, 1:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 86 min |
| Aug 20, 11:49 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 61 min |
| Oct 16, 1:42 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | BGM | 14 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:42 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | BGM | 43 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:23 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BGM | 29 hr |
| Oct 28, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 83 min |
| Dec 6, 5:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BGM | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:06 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | BGM | 5 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BGM | 48 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:10 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | BGM | 6 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 | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 24 |
| Special Weather Statement | 16 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
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.