Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Washington County

Weather alerts in Washington County, Pennsylvania, 2008

106 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Washington County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
106
Warnings
38
Watches
15
Advisories
26
Busiest month
June35 alerts
Busiest day
June 29, 200812 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Washington County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them.

Washington County, 2008

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings10100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings302033%1471%21 min
Flash flood warnings20100%0

Each office's whole area, 2008

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Pittsburgh, PA: tornado warnings8275%540%11 min
NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings17910243%16983%23 min
NWS Pittsburgh, PA: flash flood warnings231057%1883%65 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 31, 9:44 PM ESTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryPBZ29 hr
Jan 8, 2:47 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ16 hr
Jan 29, 3:02 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ12 hr
Jan 29, 2:47 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningPBZ18 hr
Jan 31, 3:21 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ21 hr
Feb 1, 1:43 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Feb 1, 11:36 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ4 hr
Feb 5, 3:24 AM ESTFlood WatchPBZ37 hr
Feb 6, 6:09 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Feb 9, 3:59 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ40 hr
Feb 9, 3:35 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryPBZ41 hr
Feb 11, 2:12 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ29 hr
Feb 12, 7:54 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 12, 1:06 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 21, 3:15 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ40 hr
Feb 25, 2:37 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ37 hr
Mar 3, 3:34 AM ESTFlood WatchPBZ45 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZ25 hr
Mar 3, 10:25 PM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZ14 hr
Mar 4, 11:48 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Mar 4, 8:24 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningPBZ6 hr
Mar 7, 3:36 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ50 hr
Mar 7, 10:05 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Mar 8, 6:16 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Mar 18, 3:54 AM EDTFlood WatchPBZ42 hr
Mar 18, 10:11 PM EDTRiver Flood WatchPBZ14 hr
Mar 19, 8:41 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ4 hr
Apr 29, 3:05 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ24 hr
May 31, 4:10 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 31, 7:27 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 4, 7:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ43 min
Jun 10, 1:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jun 13, 8:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jun 13, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ53 min
Jun 13, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ48 min
Jun 15, 3:11 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPBZ6 hr
Jun 15, 9:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 16, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr
Jun 16, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ39 min
Jun 16, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ41 min
Jun 16, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ46 min
Jun 16, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ66 min
Jun 22, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 23, 2:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jun 26, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ59 min
Jun 26, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ59 min
Jun 28, 10:39 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Jun 28, 12:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jun 28, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 28, 3:52 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jun 28, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ64 min
Jun 28, 6:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jun 29, 10:46 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jun 29, 10:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ52 min
Jun 29, 12:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 29, 4:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jun 29, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ39 min
Jun 29, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ48 min
Jun 29, 5:16 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZ29 min
Jun 29, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ53 min
Jun 29, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ51 min
Jun 29, 7:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Jun 29, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ41 min
Jun 29, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ65 min
Jun 29, 8:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ77 min
Jul 6, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ27 min
Jul 7, 12:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Jul 7, 1:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jul 8, 5:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jul 8, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC2 hr
Jul 8, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ67 min
Jul 8, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ46 min
Jul 8, 8:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Jul 20, 11:29 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jul 20, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 20, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ62 min
Jul 20, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ64 min
Jul 20, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ57 min
Jul 20, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ62 min
Jul 21, 10:28 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jul 21, 6:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Jul 21, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ57 min
Jul 21, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ58 min
Jul 22, 3:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jul 31, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ54 min
Jul 31, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ65 min
Aug 14, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ60 min
Aug 14, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ53 min
Sep 13, 3:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Sep 13, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ47 min
Sep 14, 3:46 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPBZ11 hr
Sep 14, 8:02 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningPBZ4 hr
Oct 18, 3:06 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ12 hr
Oct 18, 3:06 AM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ30 hr
Nov 25, 3:01 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ24 hr
Dec 10, 3:23 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ36 hr
Dec 11, 1:52 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Dec 15, 3:40 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchPBZ24 hr
Dec 16, 3:57 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ26 hr
Dec 16, 11:56 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Dec 18, 2:43 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ20 hr
Dec 20, 3:11 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ18 hr
Dec 21, 2:32 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryPBZ21 hr
Dec 23, 4:21 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ32 hr
Dec 24, 6:40 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ4 hr
Dec 27, 8:07 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ19 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.