Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Watches / 2008
Tornado Watches in Pennsylvania, May 2008
3 tornado watches in May 2008. 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 May 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- May 31, 20083 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Delaware and 9 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland and 12 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fayette County3
- Greene County3
- Adams County2
- Bedford County2
- Bucks County2
- Chester County2
- Cumberland County2
- Delaware County2
- Franklin County2
- Fulton County2
- Lancaster County2
- Montgomery County2
- Philadelphia County2
- Somerset County2
- York County2
- Allegheny County1
- Armstrong County1
- Beaver County1
- Butler County1
- Indiana County1
- Lawrence County1
- Washington County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Berks County1
- Lehigh County1
- Northampton County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.