Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Mesoscale Discussions / 2016
Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, August 2016
13 mesoscale discussions in August 2016. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 13
- Busiest day
- August 16, 20164 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware and 6 more | 95 min |
| Aug 6, 12:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester and 19 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Susquehanna | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Pike, Sullivan and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Cameron, Carbon, Centre and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia, Dauphin and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Somerset | 92 min |
| Aug 16, 1:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Blair, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia, Delaware and 10 more | 95 min |
| Aug 16, 6:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Fayette and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne | 90 min |
| Aug 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 10 more | 93 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Berks County5
- Fulton County5
- Lancaster County5
- Columbia County5
- Adams County4
- Chester County4
- Dauphin County4
- Franklin County4
- Lebanon County4
- Bucks County4
- Carbon County4
- Lehigh County4
- Monroe County4
- Northampton County4
- Northumberland County4
- Schuylkill County4
- Snyder County4
- Susquehanna County4
- Luzerne County4
- Pike County4
- Cumberland County3
- Delaware County3
- Perry County3
- York County3
- Bedford County3
- Montgomery County3
- Bradford County3
- Lackawanna County3
- Lycoming County3
- Wayne County3
- Centre County3
- Montour County3
- Juniata County2
- Philadelphia County2
- Sullivan County2
- Wyoming County2
- Clearfield County2
- Clinton County2
- Union County2
- Fayette County2
25 more counties
- Somerset County2
- Blair County2
- Huntingdon County2
- Mifflin County2
- Beaver County2
- Butler County2
- Crawford County2
- Erie County2
- Lawrence County2
- Mercer County2
- Venango County2
- Washington County2
- Westmoreland County2
- Cameron County1
- Potter County1
- Tioga County1
- Cambria County1
- Indiana County1
- Allegheny County1
- Armstrong County1
- Clarion County1
- Forest County1
- Jefferson County1
- McKean County1
- Warren County1
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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.