Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Westmoreland County

Weather alerts in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 2021

228 weather alerts in 2021, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Westmoreland County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
228
Warnings
106
Watches
26
Advisories
46
Busiest month
August59 alerts
Busiest day
June 21, 202122 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

2 of 2 tornado warnings covering Westmoreland County in 2021 had a tornado report inside them.

Westmoreland County, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings220%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings695619%7581%22 min
Flash flood warnings131115%2785%80 min

Each office's whole area, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Pittsburgh, PA: tornado warnings271544%3569%7 min
NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings31922829%63778%17 min
NWS Pittsburgh, PA: flash flood warnings443520%17684%77 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
Jan 1, 12:55 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ5 hr
Jan 2, 3:35 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ21 hr
Jan 16, 3:19 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ28 hr
Jan 16, 11:03 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ57 min
Jan 19, 2:37 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ34 hr
Jan 24, 3:43 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchPBZ24 hr
Jan 25, 3:47 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningPBZ30 hr
Jan 30, 3:42 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ71 hr
Jan 31, 4:42 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningPBZ41 hr
Feb 2, 6:45 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ9 hr
Feb 4, 10:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ62 min
Feb 8, 1:45 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ21 hr
Feb 10, 3:31 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ29 hr
Feb 13, 8:11 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ24 hr
Feb 13, 1:55 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchPBZ24 hr
Feb 14, 1:49 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningPBZ40 hr
Feb 15, 2:44 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 15, 9:16 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Feb 16, 11:55 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchPBZ25 hr
Feb 17, 1:21 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ36 hr
Feb 21, 3:30 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ20 hr
Feb 22, 7:04 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ86 min
Feb 26, 11:25 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZ3 days
Feb 27, 11:00 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZ3 days
Feb 27, 11:00 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZ3 days
Mar 1, 5:27 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ8 hr
Mar 1, 12:16 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ7 hr
Mar 1, 2:40 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPBZ10 hr
Mar 15, 2:41 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZ19 hr
Mar 18, 7:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ2 hr
Mar 24, 1:03 PM EDTHigh Wind WatchPBZ24 hr
Mar 25, 1:12 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningPBZ27 hr
Mar 25, 1:12 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPBZ27 hr
Mar 25, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ57 min
Apr 20, 7:01 AM EDTFreeze WatchPBZ19 hr
Apr 21, 2:04 AM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ32 hr
Apr 21, 1:25 PM EDTFreeze WatchPBZ13 hr
Apr 22, 2:39 AM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ30 hr
Apr 25, 4:33 PM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ15 hr
Apr 30, 12:59 AM EDTFreeze WatchPBZ12 hr
Apr 30, 12:59 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPBZ20 hr
Apr 30, 12:59 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ20 hr
Apr 30, 12:59 PM EDTFreeze WarningPBZ20 hr
May 11, 11:52 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ19 hr
May 12, 11:40 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryPBZ20 hr
May 24, 8:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ39 min
May 24, 10:27 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
May 26, 11:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ35 min
May 26, 12:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ31 min
May 26, 12:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
May 26, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ26 min
May 26, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 26, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ26 min
May 26, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ24 min
May 26, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ12 min
Jun 10, 3:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ99 min
Jun 10, 4:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ64 min
Jun 13, 8:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ36 min
Jun 13, 8:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ71 min
Jun 13, 9:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ13 min
Jun 13, 12:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 13, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 13, 3:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Jun 13, 5:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Jun 13, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ27 min
Jun 13, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ47 min
Jun 13, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ46 min
Jun 13, 6:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ2 hr
Jun 14, 11:31 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jun 14, 11:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 14, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ25 min
Jun 14, 3:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jun 14, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ31 min
Jun 14, 3:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ91 min
Jun 14, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ24 min
Jun 14, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ37 min
Jun 19, 5:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ34 min
Jun 21, 11:59 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jun 21, 12:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ35 min
Jun 21, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ24 min
Jun 21, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ35 min
Jun 21, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ23 min
Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ45 min
Jun 21, 3:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jun 21, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ37 min
Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ111 min
Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ35 min
Jun 21, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ25 min
Jun 21, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ32 min
Jun 21, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ27 min
Jun 21, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ33 min
Jun 21, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ32 min
Jun 21, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ49 min
Jun 21, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ32 min
Jun 21, 5:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Jun 21, 6:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ2 hr
Jun 21, 7:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Jun 21, 7:46 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Jun 21, 8:40 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ2 hr
Jun 21, 10:44 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Jun 30, 11:30 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 30, 11:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 30, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ24 min
Jun 30, 1:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Jun 30, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ52 min
Jun 30, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ42 min
Jun 30, 2:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Jun 30, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ45 min
Jun 30, 3:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 1, 8:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ3 hr
Jul 7, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ20 min
Jul 7, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ26 min
Jul 7, 3:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ2 hr
Jul 7, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 7, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ30 min
Jul 7, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ13 min
Jul 7, 5:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ111 min
Jul 7, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ36 min
Jul 7, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ34 min
Jul 11, 2:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jul 11, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 11, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ34 min
Jul 13, 4:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ24 min
Jul 13, 4:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ35 min
Jul 13, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr
Jul 13, 4:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jul 13, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ40 min
Jul 13, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ50 min
Jul 13, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ28 min
Jul 13, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ37 min
Jul 13, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ31 min
Jul 13, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ32 min
Jul 16, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ51 min
Jul 16, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ33 min
Jul 16, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ26 min
Jul 16, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ25 min
Jul 17, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ45 min
Jul 17, 4:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ92 min
Jul 17, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ45 min
Jul 28, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ43 min
Jul 28, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ28 min
Jul 29, 1:58 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZ22 min
Jul 29, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 4, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ27 min
Aug 7, 5:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ31 min
Aug 8, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ30 min
Aug 10, 12:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 10, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ42 min
Aug 10, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ39 min
Aug 11, 11:50 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Aug 11, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ36 min
Aug 11, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ43 min
Aug 11, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ49 min
Aug 11, 2:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Aug 11, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ26 min
Aug 11, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ34 min
Aug 11, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ30 min
Aug 11, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ28 min
Aug 11, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ35 min
Aug 11, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ26 min
Aug 11, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ31 min
Aug 12, 3:15 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPBZ16 hr
Aug 12, 12:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 12, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ39 min
Aug 12, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ41 min
Aug 12, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ49 min
Aug 12, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Aug 12, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 12, 6:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Aug 12, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ67 min
Aug 12, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ81 min
Aug 12, 7:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Aug 12, 8:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Aug 12, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ41 min
Aug 12, 9:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ2 hr
Aug 12, 10:32 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ3 hr
Aug 13, 12:17 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ57 min
Aug 13, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Aug 13, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ25 min
Aug 13, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ28 min
Aug 13, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ46 min
Aug 13, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ53 min
Aug 13, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ48 min
Aug 13, 7:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Aug 13, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ31 min
Aug 17, 1:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPBZ27 hr
Aug 18, 9:25 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ5 hr
Aug 18, 2:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ109 min
Aug 28, 1:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ115 min
Aug 29, 1:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Aug 29, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ31 min
Aug 29, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ31 min
Aug 30, 4:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPBZ57 hr
Aug 30, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchPBZ4 days
Aug 30, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchPBZ3 days
Aug 31, 12:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ2 hr
Aug 31, 12:43 PM EDTRiver Flood WatchPBZ62 hr
Aug 31, 1:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ76 min
Aug 31, 1:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ2 hr
Aug 31, 2:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ2 hr
Aug 31, 3:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ2 hr
Aug 31, 5:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ113 min
Sep 1, 5:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ104 min
Sep 1, 6:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ5 hr
Sep 1, 7:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ6 hr
Sep 1, 9:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZ4 hr
Sep 1, 11:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZ52 min
Sep 1, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZ16 hr
Sep 1, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZ28 hr
Sep 1, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZ40 hr
Sep 1, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPBZ33 hr
Sep 1, 1:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ2 hr
Sep 1, 1:24 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZ2 hr
Sep 9, 6:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ2 hr
Sep 22, 1:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Sep 22, 2:23 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Sep 22, 4:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Sep 22, 6:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Sep 28, 3:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ29 min
Sep 28, 3:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ37 min
Sep 28, 7:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZ36 min
Oct 21, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZ20 min
Oct 21, 7:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 21, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZ15 min
Oct 28, 11:38 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPBZ30 hr
Dec 10, 11:02 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPBZ34 hr
Dec 26, 5:43 PM ESTWinter Weather 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.