Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, May 1997

96 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1997. 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 May 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 96
Busiest day: May 19, 199732 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin	29 min
May 1, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	57 min
May 1, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	66 min
May 1, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	44 min
May 1, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	York	68 min
May 1, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Lehigh	52 min
May 1, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon	52 min
May 1, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery	28 min
May 1, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	46 min
May 1, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Montgomery	32 min
May 1, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks	40 min
May 3, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer	67 min
May 3, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton	64 min
May 3, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming	63 min
May 3, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	63 min
May 3, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver	45 min
May 3, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	51 min
May 3, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Lawrence	49 min
May 3, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer	46 min
May 3, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	57 min
May 3, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Butler	54 min
May 3, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	30 min
May 3, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, York	59 min
May 3, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clearfield	55 min
May 3, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria	62 min
May 3, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder	60 min
May 3, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin	60 min
May 3, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Westmoreland	68 min
May 3, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia	56 min
May 3, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton, Huntingdon	66 min
May 3, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Potter, Tioga	56 min
May 3, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Venango	53 min
May 3, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming	64 min
May 3, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	50 min
May 3, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	66 min
May 3, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	60 min
May 3, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	York	68 min
May 5, 7:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clearfield	63 min
May 6, 12:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	40 min
May 6, 2:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	69 min
May 6, 9:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia	50 min
May 6, 9:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Snyder	31 min
May 6, 10:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Montour, Northumberland	52 min
May 6, 10:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Sullivan	52 min
May 6, 10:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne, Wyoming	59 min
May 6, 10:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Schuylkill	57 min
May 6, 10:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Perry	62 min
May 6, 11:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	63 min
May 6, 11:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Wayne	64 min
May 6, 11:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	67 min
May 6, 11:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Pike	62 min
May 6, 12:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks	31 min
May 15, 12:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	63 min
May 15, 12:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Somerset	69 min
May 18, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	41 min
May 18, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington	27 min
May 18, 9:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene	41 min
May 18, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Somerset	60 min
May 18, 11:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer	64 min
May 19, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	57 min
May 19, 12:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Venango	69 min
May 19, 12:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Mercer	69 min
May 19, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	47 min
May 19, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	45 min
May 19, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	69 min
May 19, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver	26 min
May 19, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean	55 min
May 19, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	51 min
May 19, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	49 min
May 19, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Indiana	41 min
May 19, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	54 min
May 19, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clearfield, Elk	67 min
May 19, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron	29 min
May 19, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clinton	56 min
May 19, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny	53 min
May 19, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre	65 min
May 19, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	3 hr
May 19, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria	58 min
May 19, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Indiana	33 min
May 19, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming	56 min
May 19, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	68 min
May 19, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair	61 min
May 19, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Sullivan	64 min
May 19, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Montour, Northumberland, Union	64 min
May 19, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Huntingdon, Mifflin	59 min
May 19, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Snyder	55 min
May 19, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia	64 min
May 19, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Northumberland	45 min
May 19, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	52 min
May 19, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Schuylkill	61 min
May 19, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Perry	61 min
May 19, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	48 min
May 19, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Wayne	56 min
May 19, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Franklin	61 min
May 19, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lebanon	55 min
May 19, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Pike	67 min

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

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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.