Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, April 1998
36 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 1998. 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 April 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 36
- Busiest day
- April 8, 199820 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 11:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin | 63 min |
| Apr 1, 2:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 6:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 34 min |
| Apr 1, 7:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 61 min |
| Apr 1, 9:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 50 min |
| Apr 1, 9:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 63 min |
| Apr 8, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 60 min |
| Apr 8, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 52 min |
| Apr 8, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 62 min |
| Apr 8, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 60 min |
| Apr 8, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 54 min |
| Apr 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 8, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 40 min |
| Apr 8, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Fulton | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair | 52 min |
| Apr 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 52 min |
| Apr 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Clinton | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 10:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Westmoreland | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 63 min |
| Apr 17, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 48 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Westmoreland County5
- Chester County4
- Adams County3
- Bucks County3
- York County3
- Cumberland County2
- Franklin County2
- Lancaster County2
- Washington County2
- Armstrong County2
- Berks County2
- Jefferson County1
- Beaver County1
- Allegheny County1
- Mercer County1
- Indiana County1
- Cambria County1
- Somerset County1
- Fulton County1
- Bedford County1
- Blair County1
- Clearfield County1
- Cameron County1
- Clinton County1
- Dauphin County1
- Monroe 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.