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Tornado Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2018

61 tornado warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
61
Busiest month
October32 tornado warnings
Busiest day
October 2, 201832 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
May 13, 6:18 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBedford42 min
May 15, 12:46 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCameron, Clinton, Elk, Potter44 min
May 15, 1:25 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPClinton, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga65 min
May 15, 2:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSullivan41 min
May 15, 2:45 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPMontour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union24 min
May 15, 2:48 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia, Montour, Northumberland42 min
May 15, 3:27 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMWayne33 min
May 15, 4:14 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCumberland, Dauphin, Perry, York31 min
May 15, 4:26 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton19 min
Jun 13, 6:12 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZArmstrong, Indiana33 min
Jun 13, 7:06 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZArmstrong, Clarion, Indiana24 min
Jun 13, 7:27 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZArmstrong, Indiana22 min
Jun 13, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLycoming, Tioga33 min
Jun 13, 8:15 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBradford45 min
Jun 13, 8:28 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBlair, Cambria32 min
Jun 13, 9:19 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMLuzerne26 min
Jun 13, 9:21 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSullivan9 min
Jun 13, 9:54 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMLackawanna, Luzerne36 min
Jun 13, 10:39 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMonroe36 min
Jun 27, 8:01 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZWestmoreland29 min
Aug 21, 2:35 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZArmstrong, Clarion, Jefferson25 min
Aug 21, 2:55 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBedford, Somerset50 min
Aug 21, 8:02 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZJefferson28 min
Aug 29, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPMcKean29 min
Sep 21, 6:53 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZClarion, Forest, Venango37 min
Oct 2, 2:28 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford32 min
Oct 2, 2:53 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedCLECrawford52 min
Oct 2, 3:01 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford44 min
Oct 2, 3:38 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPWarren67 min
Oct 2, 3:39 PM EDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatCLECrawford15 min
Oct 2, 3:43 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford47 min
Oct 2, 3:51 PM EDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatCLECrawford39 min
Oct 2, 3:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland54 min
Oct 2, 3:53 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBradford37 min
Oct 2, 4:12 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZVenango33 min
Oct 2, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPPotter, Tioga45 min
Oct 2, 4:26 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia, Lycoming, Montour49 min
Oct 2, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPClearfield63 min
Oct 2, 4:48 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedCTPLycoming, Tioga42 min
Oct 2, 4:54 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZForest36 min
Oct 2, 5:02 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPClearfield, Elk43 min
Oct 2, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZGreene, Washington35 min
Oct 2, 5:19 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZJefferson26 min
Oct 2, 5:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPClearfield58 min
Oct 2, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLycoming, Tioga42 min
Oct 2, 5:36 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZJefferson24 min
Oct 2, 5:39 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLycoming, Sullivan66 min
Oct 2, 5:39 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZFayette, Greene36 min
Oct 2, 5:48 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZWestmoreland27 min
Oct 2, 5:59 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPBZJefferson16 min
Oct 2, 6:02 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZFayette, Greene28 min
Oct 2, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMLackawanna26 min
Oct 2, 6:10 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZWestmoreland24 min
Oct 2, 6:18 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZJefferson27 min
Oct 2, 6:28 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICarbon, Monroe32 min
Oct 2, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMonroe, Northampton47 min
Oct 2, 7:24 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZArmstrong, Clarion20 min
Nov 2, 10:32 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery28 min
Nov 2, 10:47 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton43 min
Nov 2, 11:23 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia24 min
Nov 2, 11:49 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks26 min

By county

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

8 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. October 2, 201832tornado warnings
  2. May 15, 20188tornado warnings
  3. June 14, 20186tornado warnings
  4. June 13, 20184tornado warnings
  5. November 3, 20184tornado warnings
  6. August 21, 20182tornado warnings
  7. May 13, 20181tornado warnings
  8. June 28, 20181tornado warnings
  9. August 22, 20181tornado warnings
  10. August 29, 20181tornado warnings
  11. September 21, 20181tornado warnings

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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.