Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Pennsylvania, 2002
9 tornado watches in 2002. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- May4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 28, 20022 tornado 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Erie and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland and 16 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 6 hr |
| May 9, 11:15 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Philadelphia and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Butler, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 6:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 11 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Armstrong County5
- Butler County5
- Clarion County5
- Crawford County5
- Forest County5
- Jefferson County5
- Lawrence County5
- Mercer County5
- Venango County5
- Warren County5
- Beaver County4
- McKean County4
- Allegheny County3
- Fayette County3
- Greene County3
- Washington County3
- Westmoreland County3
- Bedford County2
- Blair County2
- Cambria County2
- Cameron County2
- Centre County2
- Clearfield County2
- Clinton County2
- Elk County2
- Huntingdon County2
- Potter County2
- Somerset County2
- Adams County2
- Lancaster County2
- Northumberland County2
- Snyder County2
- York County2
- Chester County2
- Delaware County2
- Montgomery County2
- Philadelphia County2
- Erie County1
- Indiana County1
- Tioga 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.