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Tornado Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1998

108 tornado warnings in 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
108
Busiest month
June80 tornado warnings
Busiest day
June 2, 199837 tornado warnings

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 9, 7:26 PM ESTTornado WarningPHIBerks34 min
Apr 17, 4:08 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPYork32 min
Apr 17, 4:24 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLancaster36 min
May 31, 12:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford50 min
May 31, 12:50 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPWarren60 min
May 31, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie48 min
May 31, 5:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLycoming33 min
May 31, 5:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia, Sullivan50 min
May 31, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBradford65 min
May 31, 6:07 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMLuzerne63 min
May 31, 6:26 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPMcKean34 min
May 31, 7:07 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMPike, Wayne63 min
May 31, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMPike, Wayne63 min
May 31, 7:15 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZWashington45 min
May 31, 7:28 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPElk62 min
May 31, 7:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPTioga50 min
May 31, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZFayette45 min
May 31, 7:53 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCameron62 min
May 31, 7:56 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMLackawanna64 min
May 31, 8:04 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMPike, Wayne66 min
May 31, 8:07 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBradford63 min
May 31, 8:10 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLebanon35 min
May 31, 8:12 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPClinton, Potter78 min
May 31, 8:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSomerset38 min
May 31, 8:37 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBerks33 min
May 31, 8:45 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBedford, Somerset60 min
May 31, 9:06 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMWyoming64 min
May 31, 9:07 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh48 min
May 31, 9:31 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMPike89 min
May 31, 9:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBedford28 min
May 31, 9:39 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBerks, Chester36 min
May 31, 9:43 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks32 min
May 31, 9:56 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMWayne64 min
May 31, 10:01 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMonroe34 min
May 31, 10:39 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBedford66 min
Jun 2, 4:46 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPDauphin, Northumberland64 min
Jun 2, 4:46 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSnyder64 min
Jun 2, 5:01 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPUnion59 min
Jun 2, 5:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSchuylkill93 min
Jun 2, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPMcKean, Warren95 min
Jun 2, 5:13 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia, Montour62 min
Jun 2, 5:25 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCumberland, Dauphin, York45 min
Jun 2, 5:25 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZBeaver45 min
Jun 2, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZAllegheny51 min
Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSullivan60 min
Jun 2, 5:55 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPPotter75 min
Jun 2, 6:00 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPClearfield, Elk75 min
Jun 2, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZWestmoreland61 min
Jun 2, 6:13 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZAllegheny27 min
Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, York75 min
Jun 2, 6:17 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLebanon33 min
Jun 2, 6:25 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBerks60 min
Jun 2, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPDauphin, Northumberland, Schuylkill78 min
Jun 2, 6:36 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZJefferson59 min
Jun 2, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPTioga91 min
Jun 2, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSomerset88 min
Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZFayette45 min
Jun 2, 6:56 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZIndiana34 min
Jun 2, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZBeaver, Lawrence62 min
Jun 2, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPClearfield64 min
Jun 2, 7:05 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBlair, Cambria65 min
Jun 2, 7:05 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZAllegheny, Butler70 min
Jun 2, 7:23 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCentre62 min
Jun 2, 7:23 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBerks62 min
Jun 2, 7:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBedford78 min
Jun 2, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLancaster, York35 min
Jun 2, 7:33 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPPotter62 min
Jun 2, 7:36 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPTioga94 min
Jun 2, 7:42 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBradford63 min
Jun 2, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPHuntingdon80 min
Jun 2, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPElk65 min
Jun 2, 7:53 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZWestmoreland67 min
Jun 2, 8:02 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCameron63 min
Jun 2, 8:07 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZAllegheny53 min
Jun 2, 8:10 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPJuniata, Mifflin75 min
Jun 2, 8:13 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSomerset92 min
Jun 2, 8:15 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZWashington60 min
Jun 2, 8:34 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wyoming61 min
Jun 2, 8:40 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZFayette50 min
Jun 2, 8:48 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZWestmoreland57 min
Jun 2, 8:52 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCentre63 min
Jun 2, 8:57 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPUnion48 min
Jun 2, 9:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPMontour, Northumberland61 min
Jun 2, 9:05 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMLackawanna50 min
Jun 2, 9:10 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPHuntingdon, Mifflin45 min
Jun 2, 9:12 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSnyder33 min
Jun 2, 9:13 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZGreene47 min
Jun 2, 9:23 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZFayette52 min
Jun 2, 9:25 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia, Schuylkill75 min
Jun 2, 9:37 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBradford48 min
Jun 2, 10:03 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMWyoming32 min
Jun 2, 10:15 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMLackawanna45 min
Jun 16, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia48 min
Jun 16, 8:53 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia32 min
Jun 23, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBedford61 min
Jun 23, 4:49 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPFulton61 min
Jun 26, 5:58 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZWashington47 min
Jun 27, 8:20 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZGreene60 min
Jun 28, 8:40 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZWashington60 min
Jul 21, 11:01 AM EDTTornado WarningCTPTioga64 min
Jul 21, 1:17 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia63 min
Jul 21, 1:24 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia56 min
Sep 2, 6:46 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIChester34 min
Sep 2, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIDelaware34 min
Sep 27, 4:48 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPMcKean32 min
Sep 27, 4:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPClearfield31 min
Sep 27, 5:37 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZArmstrong, Clarion43 min
Sep 27, 6:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPUnion34 min

By county

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

18 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 2, 199837tornado warnings
  2. June 3, 199820tornado warnings
  3. May 31, 199816tornado warnings
  4. June 1, 199816tornado warnings
  5. September 27, 19984tornado warnings
  6. July 21, 19983tornado warnings
  7. April 17, 19982tornado warnings
  8. June 23, 19982tornado warnings
  9. September 2, 19982tornado warnings
  10. March 10, 19981tornado warnings
  11. June 16, 19981tornado warnings
  12. June 17, 19981tornado warnings

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. Rebuilt daily.