Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, January 14, 1992

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, January 14, 1992
Start: 1992-01-14T04:30
End: 1992-01-14T10:34
Location: Pennsylvania

January 14, 1992 · NWS AVP · 38 events in 19 counties and zones

36 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Property damage: $25,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 38

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

36 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland

When: January 14, 4:30 AM PST
Where: Westmoreland County
Coordinates: 40.400, -79.680

Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland

When: January 14, 4:30 AM PST
Where: Westmoreland County
Coordinates: 40.120, -79.780

Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland

When: January 14, 4:30 AM PST
Where: Westmoreland County
Coordinates: 40.600, -79.580

Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland

When: January 14, 4:30 AM PST
Where: Westmoreland County
Coordinates: 40.300, -79.250

Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette

When: January 14, 4:45 AM PST
Where: Fayette County
Coordinates: 39.900, -79.850

Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland

When: January 14, 4:50 AM PST
Where: Westmoreland County
Coordinates: 40.480, -79.780

Thunderstorm Wind, Armstrong

When: January 14, 5:00 AM PST
Where: Armstrong County
Coordinates: 40.750, -79.580

Tornado, Lackawanna

When: January 14, 9:41 AM EST
Where: Lackawanna County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 41.350, -75.750

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: January 14, 7:48 AM PST
Where: Franklin County
Coordinates: 39.750, -77.580

Tornado, Bucks

When: January 14, 10:24 AM CST
Where: Bucks County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 23 yd
Coordinates: 40.400, -75.030

Thunderstorm Wind, Dauphin

When: January 14, 8:25 AM PST
Where: Dauphin County
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 40.270, -76.870

Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster

When: January 14, 8:30 AM PST
Where: Lancaster County
Coordinates: 39.870, -76.330

Thunderstorm Wind, Northumberland

When: January 14, 8:45 AM PST
Where: Northumberland County
Coordinates: 41.130, -76.850

Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster

When: January 14, 8:50 AM PST
Where: Lancaster County
Coordinates: 40.130, -76.080

Thunderstorm Wind, York

When: January 14, 9:05 AM PST
Where: York County
Coordinates: 39.880, -76.620

Thunderstorm Wind, Chester

When: January 14, 9:05 AM PST
Where: Chester County
Coordinates: 39.900, -75.730

Thunderstorm Wind, Chester

When: January 14, 9:10 AM PST
Where: Chester County
Coordinates: 40.050, -75.650

Thunderstorm Wind, Susquehanna

When: January 14, 9:15 AM PST
Where: Susquehanna County
Coordinates: 41.770, -76.070

Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster

When: January 14, 9:18 AM PST
Where: Lancaster County
Coordinates: 40.200, -76.000

Thunderstorm Wind, Lebanon

When: January 14, 9:20 AM PST
Where: Lebanon County
Coordinates: 40.450, -76.520

Thunderstorm Wind, Schuylkill

When: January 14, 9:20 AM PST
Where: Schuylkill County
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 40.530, -76.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster

When: January 14, 9:30 AM PST
Where: Lancaster County
Coordinates: 40.150, -76.200

Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne

When: January 14, 9:30 AM PST
Where: Luzerne County
Coordinates: 41.200, -75.950

Thunderstorm Wind, Lebanon

When: January 14, 9:35 AM PST
Where: Lebanon County
Coordinates: 40.400, -76.530

Thunderstorm Wind, Schuylkill

When: January 14, 9:35 AM PST
Where: Schuylkill County
Coordinates: 40.670, -76.180

Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne

When: January 14, 9:35 AM PST
Where: Luzerne County
Measured: 64 kt (74 mph)
Coordinates: 41.330, -75.720

Thunderstorm Wind, Lackawanna

When: January 14, 9:45 AM PST
Where: Lackawanna County
Coordinates: 41.470, -75.670

Thunderstorm Wind, Lackawanna

When: January 14, 9:50 AM PST
Where: Lackawanna County
Coordinates: 41.580, -75.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne

When: January 14, 10:00 AM PST
Where: Luzerne County
Coordinates: 40.970, -75.970

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When: January 14, 10:00 AM PST
Where: Montgomery County
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 40.250, -75.630

Thunderstorm Wind, Schuylkill

When: January 14, 10:00 AM PST
Where: Schuylkill County
Coordinates: 40.820, -75.880

Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne

When: January 14, 10:00 AM PST
Where: Luzerne County
Coordinates: 41.380, -76.030

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When: January 14, 10:15 AM PST
Where: Montgomery County
Coordinates: 40.270, -75.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware

When: January 14, 10:22 AM PST
Where: Delaware County
Coordinates: 39.980, -75.400

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: January 14, 10:30 AM PST
Where: Wayne County
Coordinates: 41.570, -75.270

Thunderstorm Wind, Susquehanna

When: January 14, 10:30 AM PST
Where: Susquehanna County
Coordinates: 41.780, -75.700

Thunderstorm Wind, Philadelphia

When: January 14, 10:31 AM PST
Where: Philadelphia County
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph)
Coordinates: 39.970, -75.170

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When: January 14, 10:34 AM PST
Where: Montgomery County
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph)
Coordinates: 40.280, -75.380

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1992 Every state in 1992 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Pennsylvania, 1992 Warnings in Pennsylvania, January 1992

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10114250, 10114251, 10114252, 10114253, 10114254, 10114255, 10114256, 10114274, 10114257, 10114283, 10114258, 10114259, 10114260, 10114261, 10114262, 10114263, 10114264, 10114265, 10114266, 10114267, 10114268, 10114269, 10114270, 10114271, 10114272, 10114273, 10114275, 10114276, 10114277, 10114278, 10114279, 10114280, 10114281, 10114282, 10114284, 10115132, 10115133, 10115134.