Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2000
38 severe thunderstorm watches in 2000. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 38
- Busiest month
- May13 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 13, 20003 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 20, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Mercer | 5 hr |
| May 10, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 17 more | 6 hr |
| May 13, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Philadelphia, York | 5 hr |
| May 13, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Centre, Clinton and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Monroe and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| May 18, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blair, Bradford, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lehigh, Northampton | 4 hr |
| May 18, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Blair, Butler, Cambria and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Lawrence and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradford, Clinton, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Berks and 38 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Northampton, Pike | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Blair, Bradford, Butler and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Carbon and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Monroe, Pike, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bradford, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Cambria and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Cumberland and 15 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 5 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Bedford, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Greene and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Cambria, Clearfield, Fayette and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Blair, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Erie, Forest, McKean, Mercer, Venango and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Cambria, Clarion and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Cumberland, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cameron, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradford, Lackawanna, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Cameron, Clarion and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 9, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 9, 9:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fayette County13
- Somerset County12
- Westmoreland County12
- Adams County12
- Lackawanna County12
- Allegheny County12
- Venango County12
- Greene County12
- Cumberland County11
- Indiana County11
- Jefferson County11
- Juniata County11
- Lycoming County11
- Montour County11
- Northumberland County11
- Perry County11
- Snyder County11
- Sullivan County11
- Union County11
- York County11
- Washington County11
- Mercer County10
- Blair County10
- Cambria County10
- Centre County10
- Franklin County10
- Fulton County10
- Huntingdon County10
- Mifflin County10
- Columbia County10
- Dauphin County10
- Lebanon County10
- Luzerne County10
- Wayne County10
- Beaver County10
- Butler County10
- Lawrence County10
- Crawford County9
- Bedford County9
- Clinton County9
27 more counties
- Elk County9
- Chester County9
- Delaware County9
- Lancaster County9
- Philadelphia County9
- Pike County9
- Schuylkill County9
- Susquehanna County9
- Wyoming County9
- Armstrong County9
- Clarion County9
- Forest County9
- Bradford County8
- Cameron County8
- Clearfield County8
- McKean County8
- Potter County8
- Berks County8
- Bucks County8
- Montgomery County8
- Northampton County8
- Warren County8
- Tioga County7
- Lehigh County7
- Monroe County7
- Carbon County6
- Erie County5
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.