Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, August 1998
36 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 36
- Busiest day
- August 24, 199817 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Fulton | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lebanon | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 8:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 8:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 9:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Venango | 55 min |
| Aug 24, 9:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Lawrence | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 9:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 9:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 9:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk, McKean | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 9:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 9:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Jefferson | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 10:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 78 min |
| Aug 24, 10:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Potter | 75 min |
| Aug 24, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 10:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 77 min |
| Aug 24, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 56 min |
| Aug 25, 7:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria | 65 min |
| Aug 25, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 21 min |
| Aug 25, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Sullivan | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 1:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Franklin County2
- Fulton County2
- McKean County2
- Cameron County2
- Butler County2
- Elk County2
- Clearfield County2
- Allegheny County2
- Washington County2
- Cambria County2
- Lebanon County1
- Berks County1
- Adams County1
- York County1
- Montgomery County1
- Philadelphia County1
- Crawford County1
- Erie County1
- Mercer County1
- Warren County1
- Venango County1
- Lawrence County1
- Clarion County1
- Forest County1
- Beaver County1
- Armstrong County1
- Jefferson County1
- Potter County1
- Wayne County1
- Greene County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Clinton County1
- Lycoming County1
- Columbia County1
- Sullivan County1
- Northampton 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.