Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Luzerne County

Weather alerts in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 2019

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

Luzerne County and its neighbors

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

Alerts: 183
Warnings: 46
Watches: 28
Advisories: 32
Busiest month: July39 alerts
Busiest day: May 29, 201914 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

1 of 4 tornado warnings covering Luzerne County in 2019 had a tornado report inside them.

Luzerne County, 2019

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	4	1	75%	0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	28	23	18%	42	83%	24 min
Flash flood warnings	4	3	25%	7	86%	22 min

Each office's whole area, 2019

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Binghamton, NY: tornado warnings	27	2	93%	7	29%	19 min
NWS Binghamton, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings	205	139	32%	462	85%	23 min
NWS Binghamton, NY: flash flood warnings	29	17	41%	48	79%	57 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 7, 3:45 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BGM	27 hr
Jan 7, 2:53 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BGM	52 min
Jan 17, 3:49 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BGM	36 hr
Jan 18, 4:02 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BGM	58 hr
Jan 19, 6:24 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jan 19, 9:33 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jan 20, 3:38 AM EST	Wind Chill Warning	BGM	51 hr
Jan 21, 2:35 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BGM	16 hr
Jan 22, 3:02 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BGM	28 hr
Jan 27, 3:05 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BGM	24 hr
Jan 28, 3:06 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BGM	30 hr
Jan 29, 5:46 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Jan 29, 8:50 PM EST	Wind Chill Warning	BGM	61 hr
Jan 30, 11:10 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Jan 30, 11:42 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BGM	93 min
Jan 31, 12:58 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BGM	21 hr
Feb 10, 3:27 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BGM	36 hr
Feb 11, 3:43 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BGM	50 hr
Feb 12, 10:48 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Feb 12, 3:35 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Feb 12, 6:33 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BGM	10 hr
Feb 17, 3:40 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BGM	31 hr
Feb 19, 3:32 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BGM	39 hr
Feb 20, 6:32 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Feb 20, 10:15 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 hr
Feb 22, 3:23 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BGM	35 hr
Feb 23, 2:05 PM EST	High Wind Warning	BGM	49 hr
Feb 25, 3:09 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BGM	7 hr
Mar 2, 2:46 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BGM	24 hr
Mar 3, 3:12 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BGM	24 hr
Mar 9, 1:13 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BGM	19 hr
Apr 2, 11:01 AM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BGM	17 hr
Apr 3, 4:07 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BGM	18 hr
Apr 14, 9:56 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Apr 14, 11:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	3 hr
Apr 14, 11:56 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 15, 1:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	57 min
Apr 15, 1:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	57 min
Apr 18, 2:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	46 hr
Apr 19, 10:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	3 hr
Apr 23, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	43 min
Apr 26, 10:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	38 min
Apr 26, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	27 min
May 10, 8:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	118 min
May 19, 1:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 19, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
May 19, 4:41 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
May 19, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	66 min
May 19, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	47 min
May 19, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	38 min
May 19, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	36 min
May 23, 7:10 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
May 23, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	59 min
May 23, 9:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	25 min
May 23, 9:24 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 28, 1:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
May 28, 1:48 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 28, 4:43 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 28, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	37 min
May 28, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	64 min
May 28, 6:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	22 min
May 28, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	57 min
May 28, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	62 min
May 28, 8:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
May 29, 3:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	15 hr
May 29, 12:06 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
May 29, 1:10 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 29, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	39 min
May 29, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	49 min
May 29, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	24 min
May 29, 3:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	26 min
May 29, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	33 min
May 29, 3:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
May 29, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	42 min
May 29, 4:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	2 hr
May 29, 4:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	12 min
May 29, 4:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	61 min
May 30, 3:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	19 hr
Jun 1, 5:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 1, 6:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	5 hr
Jun 18, 8:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	7 hr
Jun 19, 3:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	17 hr
Jun 20, 4:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	26 hr
Jun 20, 1:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	5 hr
Jun 20, 1:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 20, 3:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	95 min
Jun 20, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	25 min
Jun 21, 12:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	3 hr
Jun 26, 4:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jun 26, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	46 min
Jun 29, 11:34 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 29, 12:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 29, 1:45 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jun 29, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	51 min
Jul 2, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	48 min
Jul 2, 5:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	3 hr
Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	118 min
Jul 6, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	31 min
Jul 6, 5:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	3 hr
Jul 16, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	53 min
Jul 17, 10:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	12 hr
Jul 17, 1:03 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 17, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 17, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	47 min
Jul 17, 3:43 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	BGM	23 hr
Jul 17, 3:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 17, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	33 min
Jul 17, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	36 min
Jul 17, 5:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	3 hr
Jul 18, 2:46 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	BGM	3 days
Jul 19, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 19, 6:54 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jul 21, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	60 min
Jul 21, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	56 min
Jul 21, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	45 min
Jul 22, 12:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	31 min
Jul 22, 12:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	46 min
Jul 22, 1:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	39 min
Jul 22, 3:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	16 hr
Jul 22, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	56 min
Jul 22, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	27 min
Jul 22, 3:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	3 hr
Jul 26, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	31 min
Jul 28, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	25 min
Jul 30, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 30, 4:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jul 30, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	24 min
Jul 30, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	66 min
Jul 30, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	61 min
Jul 30, 5:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	2 hr
Jul 31, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	46 min
Jul 31, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	50 min
Aug 2, 3:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	2 hr
Aug 2, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	38 min
Aug 2, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	32 min
Aug 2, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	33 min
Aug 2, 7:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	78 min
Aug 3, 1:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 6, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	25 min
Aug 7, 1:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Aug 7, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 7, 10:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	37 min
Aug 8, 12:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 8, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	49 min
Aug 8, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	64 min
Aug 15, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	62 min
Aug 15, 2:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	91 min
Aug 15, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	25 min
Aug 15, 9:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	51 min
Aug 15, 10:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	37 min
Aug 16, 1:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 17, 1:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 17, 6:44 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 17, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	39 min
Aug 17, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	25 min
Aug 18, 12:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Aug 18, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	43 min
Aug 18, 5:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	109 min
Aug 18, 5:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	97 min
Aug 18, 6:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 22, 2:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 22, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	51 min
Sep 2, 3:58 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Sep 2, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	28 min
Sep 11, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	43 min
Sep 11, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	43 min
Sep 28, 5:51 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Oct 4, 3:23 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BGM	30 hr
Oct 18, 1:51 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BGM	32 hr
Oct 31, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Oct 31, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	50 min
Oct 31, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	31 min
Oct 31, 9:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	49 min
Oct 31, 10:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	4 hr
Nov 23, 2:45 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BGM	24 hr
Nov 24, 11:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BGM	43 min
Nov 26, 3:00 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BGM	43 hr
Nov 29, 3:14 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BGM	25 hr
Nov 30, 3:57 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BGM	66 hr
Dec 15, 3:58 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BGM	47 hr
Dec 18, 12:23 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BGM	67 min
Dec 18, 1:18 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BGM	57 min

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	28
Tornado Warning	4
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	8
Tornado Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	38
Special Weather Statement	39
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	4
Flash Flood Watch	9
Areal Flood Advisory	16
Winter
Snow Squall Warning	2
Winter Storm Warning	3
Winter Storm Watch	5
Winter Weather Advisory	10
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Cold
Wind Chill Warning	2
Frost Advisory	2
Wind Chill Advisory	2
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	2
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1
Fire Weather Watch	1

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2018 2020

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.