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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2022

31 severe thunderstorm watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
31
Busiest month
July13 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
May 16, 20223 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
Mar 7, 4:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 24 more4 hr
Mar 7, 6:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware and 11 more4 hr
Mar 31, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Centre, Clinton and 27 more8 hr
Mar 31, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more8 hr
May 16, 9:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clinton, Columbia and 20 more4 hr
May 16, 11:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more5 hr
May 16, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more6 hr
May 21, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Butler, Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more7 hr
May 21, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMcKean, Warren5 hr
May 22, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Centre and 34 more7 hr
May 27, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware and 9 more5 hr
Jun 1, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bradford, Butler, Cameron and 37 more8 hr
Jun 2, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin and 7 more7 hr
Jun 14, 12:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Beaver, Bedford, Fayette, Greene, Somerset and 2 more5 hr
Jun 16, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 11 more11 hr
Jun 22, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 20 more7 hr
Jun 22, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 7 more6 hr
Jul 2, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPike, Wayne6 hr
Jul 2, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery and 2 more6 hr
Jul 12, 12:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more7 hr
Jul 12, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Carbon and 23 more6 hr
Jul 12, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Jul 18, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 21 more6 hr
Jul 20, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Erie4 hr
Jul 23, 11:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Beaver, Greene, Lawrence, Washington4 hr
Jul 23, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Cambria, Somerset3 hr
Jul 24, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bradford, Butler, Cameron, Centre, Clarion and 21 more8 hr
Jul 25, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPike7 hr
Jul 25, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery and 2 more8 hr
Jul 28, 12:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBradford, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne7 hr
Sep 25, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and 2 more6 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. May 16, 20223severe thunderstorm watches
  2. July 12, 20223severe thunderstorm watches
  3. March 7, 20222severe thunderstorm watches
  4. March 31, 20222severe thunderstorm watches
  5. May 21, 20222severe thunderstorm watches
  6. June 22, 20222severe thunderstorm watches
  7. July 2, 20222severe thunderstorm watches
  8. July 23, 20222severe thunderstorm watches
  9. July 25, 20222severe thunderstorm watches
  10. May 22, 20221severe thunderstorm watches
  11. May 27, 20221severe thunderstorm watches
  12. June 1, 20221severe 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.