Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, August 2008
87 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 87
- Busiest day
- August 10, 200829 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Somerset | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 3:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 6:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 7:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Potter, Tioga | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 7:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 8:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder, Union | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 10:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Perry | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, York | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Lancaster, York | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 93 min |
| Aug 2, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, York | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 96 min |
| Aug 2, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson | 68 min |
| Aug 7, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield, Elk | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Union | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Juniata, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder and 1 more | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, York | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Lawrence, Mercer | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 10:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 10:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 11:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 11:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 12:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery | 84 min |
| Aug 10, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 95 min |
| Aug 10, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 115 min |
| Aug 10, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Franklin, York | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 75 min |
| Aug 10, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 75 min |
| Aug 11, 9:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 11:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Perry, Snyder | 67 min |
| Aug 14, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Venango | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 93 min |
| Aug 14, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 67 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- York County17
- Adams County14
- Lancaster County13
- Cumberland County8
- Lehigh County7
- Monroe County7
- Wayne County7
- Lebanon County6
- Franklin County6
- Berks County6
- Chester County6
- Erie County5
- Schuylkill County5
- Susquehanna County5
- Delaware County5
- Montgomery County5
- Northampton County4
- Perry County4
- Centre County3
- Clearfield County3
- Snyder County3
- Union County3
- Dauphin County3
- Carbon County3
- Pike County3
- Clinton County2
- Elk County2
- Northumberland County2
- Bradford County2
- Clarion County2
- Lycoming County2
- Juniata County2
- Crawford County2
- Philadelphia County2
- Bucks County2
- Fulton County2
- Luzerne County2
- Washington County2
- Somerset County1
- Fayette 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.