Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2016
18 tornado warnings 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 18
- Busiest month
- September6 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- September 17, 20165 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Bedford, Somerset | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 4:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 3:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Bedford, Fulton | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 2:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Northampton | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Greene | 18 min |
| Jul 25, 2:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 50 min |
| Jul 25, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford, Wyoming | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Pike, Wayne | 28 min |
| Aug 25, 9:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Butler | 18 min |
| Aug 28, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Greene | 24 min |
| Sep 17, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Venango | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Venango | 37 min |
| Sep 17, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Forest, Venango | 35 min |
| Sep 29, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Washington | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Butler County4
- Venango County4
- Bedford County2
- Greene County2
- Bradford County2
- Armstrong County2
- Clarion County2
- Lancaster County1
- Somerset County1
- Crawford County1
- Erie County1
- Fulton County1
- Fayette County1
- Northampton County1
- Wyoming County1
- Lackawanna County1
- Pike County1
- Wayne County1
- Lawrence County1
- Mercer County1
- McKean County1
- Warren County1
- Forest County1
- Washington 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.