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
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 30 | 20 | 33% | 14 | 71% | 21 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: tornado warnings | 8 | 2 | 75% | 5 | 40% | 11 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 179 | 102 | 43% | 169 | 83% | 23 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: flash flood warnings | 23 | 10 | 57% | 18 | 83% | 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 9:44 PM EST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PBZ | 29 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:47 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 16 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:02 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:47 PM EST | High Wind Warning | PBZ | 18 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 21 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:43 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 1, 11:36 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:24 AM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | 37 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:09 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Feb 9, 3:59 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 40 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:35 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 41 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:12 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 29 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:54 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:06 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:15 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 40 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:37 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 37 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:34 AM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | 45 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:08 AM EST | River Flood Watch | PBZ | 25 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:25 PM EST | River Flood Watch | PBZ | 14 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:48 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 8:24 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:36 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 50 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:05 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:16 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:54 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 42 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:11 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | 14 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:05 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 24 hr |
| May 31, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 31, 7:27 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 13, 8:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 13, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 3:11 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PBZ | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 16, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 26, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 10:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 28, 12:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 28, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 28, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 6:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 10:46 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 29, 10:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 29, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 7:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 29, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | 77 min |
| Jul 6, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 12:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 5:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 8:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jul 20, 11:29 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 64 min |
| Jul 20, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 57 min |
| Jul 20, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 10:28 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 6:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 3:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 54 min |
| Jul 31, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 53 min |
| Sep 13, 3:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Sep 13, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 47 min |
| Sep 14, 3:46 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 11 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:02 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | PBZ | 4 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:06 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 12 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:06 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | 30 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:01 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 24 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:23 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 36 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | 24 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 26 hr |
| Dec 16, 11:56 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 20 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:11 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 18 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:32 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 21 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:21 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 32 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:07 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 19 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 30 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 27 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| River Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.