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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2016

16 severe thunderstorm watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
16
Busiest month
July6 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
June 5, 20162 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Berks, Blair and 34 more6 hr
Jun 5, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango4 hr
Jun 5, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Cumberland and 11 more6 hr
Jun 16, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair and 18 more8 hr
Jun 21, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChester, Delaware, Philadelphia9 hr
Jun 28, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster and 7 more7 hr
Jul 1, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Dauphin and 10 more7 hr
Jul 14, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike and 3 more5 hr
Jul 18, 12:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBradford, Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe and 5 more8 hr
Jul 18, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin and 9 more6 hr
Jul 25, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Armstrong, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford and 51 more7 hr
Jul 28, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia11 hr
Aug 13, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBradford, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne and 11 more7 hr
Aug 16, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 25 more4 hr
Sep 10, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 10 more6 hr
Oct 20, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria and 19 more7 hr

By county

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

27 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 5, 20162severe thunderstorm watches
  2. July 18, 20162severe thunderstorm watches
  3. April 26, 20161severe thunderstorm watches
  4. June 16, 20161severe thunderstorm watches
  5. June 21, 20161severe thunderstorm watches
  6. June 28, 20161severe thunderstorm watches
  7. July 1, 20161severe thunderstorm watches
  8. July 14, 20161severe thunderstorm watches
  9. July 25, 20161severe thunderstorm watches
  10. July 28, 20161severe thunderstorm watches
  11. August 13, 20161severe thunderstorm watches
  12. August 16, 20161severe thunderstorm watches

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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.