Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1987

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, September 1987

18 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 1987. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in September 1987. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
18
Busiest day
September 17, 19878 severe thunderstorm warnings

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana, Westmoreland60 min
Sep 13, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Butler55 min
Sep 17, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie64 min
Sep 17, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver55 min
Sep 17, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny62 min
Sep 17, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWestmoreland70 min
Sep 17, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny66 min
Sep 17, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana, Westmoreland57 min
Sep 17, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington60 min
Sep 17, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster61 min
Sep 17, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland56 min
Sep 17, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams57 min
Sep 18, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster64 min
Sep 22, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks62 min
Sep 22, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery34 min
Sep 22, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Montgomery42 min
Sep 22, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks41 min
Sep 22, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia41 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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.