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Tornado Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2012
25 tornado warnings in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 25
- Busiest month
- July15 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- July 26, 201213 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 9:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford | 24 min |
| Jul 26, 1:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Mercer, Venango | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Venango | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 2:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | McKean, Potter | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Potter, Tioga | 53 min |
| Jul 26, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 5:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 12:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 2:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Franklin, Huntingdon | 17 min |
| Sep 4, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 34 min |
| Sep 4, 10:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Monroe | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 2:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne | 40 min |
| Oct 19, 8:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Berks | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County3
- Bradford County3
- Susquehanna County3
- Wayne County3
- Indiana County2
- Luzerne County2
- Crawford County2
- Venango County2
- Potter County2
- Franklin County2
- Monroe County2
- Lancaster County1
- York County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Bucks County1
- Montgomery County1
- Wyoming County1
- Mercer County1
- Clarion County1
- Forest County1
- McKean County1
- Tioga County1
- Columbia County1
- Lycoming County1
- Montour County1
- Northumberland County1
- Fulton County1
- Huntingdon County1
- Northampton County1
- Lackawanna County1
- Berks County1
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. Rebuilt daily.