Winter Storm Watches in Pennsylvania
493 winter storm watches since 1986. 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 493
- Busiest year
- 200835 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 22over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Somerset County97
- Carbon County83
- Monroe County83
- Cambria County79
- Erie County74
- Wayne County74
- Bedford County71
- Pike County69
- Schuylkill County69
- Fulton County66
- Susquehanna County66
- Lackawanna County65
- Warren County63
- Crawford County62
- Luzerne County62
- Lycoming County61
- Northampton County61
- Blair County60
- Bradford County60
- Sullivan County60
- York County60
- Lehigh County59
- Wyoming County59
- Adams County58
- McKean County58
- Potter County58
- Tioga County58
- Berks County57
- Columbia County57
- Franklin County57
- Huntingdon County57
- Clinton County56
- Lancaster County56
- Cumberland County55
- Centre County54
- Clearfield County54
- Lebanon County54
- Mifflin County54
- Dauphin County53
- Juniata County53
27 more counties
- Perry County52
- Cameron County51
- Montour County50
- Northumberland County50
- Fayette County50
- Elk County49
- Union County49
- Snyder County48
- Westmoreland County48
- Forest County45
- Philadelphia County45
- Delaware County44
- Clarion County43
- Venango County43
- Jefferson County42
- Mercer County39
- Armstrong County35
- Butler County35
- Bucks County34
- Lawrence County33
- Washington County33
- Montgomery County33
- Allegheny County32
- Chester County31
- Beaver County30
- Greene County27
- Indiana County8
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2:28 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | CLE | Erie | 11 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:43 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Columbia, Franklin and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:01 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CLE | Erie | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:39 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming | 21 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:40 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CTP | Adams, Cambria, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:31 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 24 hr |
| Feb 4, 12:32 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 24 hr |
| Feb 4, 11:52 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Fayette, Indiana, Westmoreland | 25 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:12 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 46 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:06 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more | 32 hr |
Nearby
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.