Storm History: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 2,594
- Deaths
- 14
- Injuries
- 361
- Damage
- $455 million
- Episodes
- 946
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 723 | 6 | 4 | $47 million |
| Hail | 599 | 1 | 64 | $62 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 519 | 1 | 11 | $4.1 million |
| Tornado | 393 | 2 | 146 | $311 million |
| Flood | 163 | 1 | 92 | $30 million |
| Winter Weather | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 41 | 0 | 3 | $815,000 |
| Winter Storm | 37 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 0 | 40 | $7,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 | $36,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | $27,000 |
| Drought | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, June 3, 1980
- Hail, June 30, 1998
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Tornado, August 3, 1963
- Tornado, August 9, 2007
- Tornado, June 2, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2018
- Hail, May 31, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2000
- Hail, October 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 19, 1996
- Tornado, May 22, 1983
- Flash Flood, January 31, 2001
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 28, 1999
- Tornado, June 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2000
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 8, 1980
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2020
- Hail, August 3, 2015
- Hail, April 14, 1984
- Hail, April 14, 2024
- Hail, April 20, 2017
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- Hail, April 9, 2001
- Flash Flood, April 21, 1999
- Hail, July 8, 1985
- Hail, July 10, 1978
- Hail, April 21, 1976
- Hail, August 3, 1967
- Hail, May 28, 1966
- Hail, July 23, 1962
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 31, 1985
- Tornado, June 3, 1980
- Tornado, August 3, 1963
- Tornado, March 22, 1955
- Tornado, June 10, 1954
- Tornado, May 13, 1956
- Tornado, June 15, 1964
- Tornado, April 14, 1974
- Tornado, May 12, 1980
- Tornado, July 20, 1981
- Tornado, May 22, 1983
- Tornado, September 30, 1986
- Tornado, June 8, 1990
- Tornado, June 30, 1990
- Tornado, May 6, 1991
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2026
- Tornado, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 26, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- Hail, March 7, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- High Wind, October 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2025
- Tornado, May 21, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Hail, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, March 16, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 21, 2024
- Tornado, November 20, 2024
- Hail, October 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 31, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2024
- Hail, August 29, 2024
- Hail, August 17, 2024
- Tornado, August 6, 2024
- Tornado, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2024
- Hail, June 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2024
- Tornado, May 17, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2024
- Tornado, May 11, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2024
- Hail, April 17, 2024
- Hail, April 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2024
- Strong Wind, March 20, 2024
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- High Wind, February 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2023
- Tornado, August 24, 2023
- Tornado, August 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2023
- Hail, June 3, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2023
- Hail, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2023
- Strong Wind, February 21, 2023
- Strong Wind, February 15, 2023
- Strong Wind, February 9, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2023
- High Wind, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 18, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2022
- Flood, November 11, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Hail, June 22, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 16, 2022
- Hail, May 21, 2022
- Flood, May 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2022
- Tornado, March 31, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2022
- Strong Wind, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Strong Wind, December 11, 2021
- Tornado, October 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2021
- Hail, July 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2021
- Tornado, June 21, 2021
- Hail, June 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2021
- High Wind, March 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2020
- Tornado, June 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2020
- Tornado, April 7, 2020
- High Wind, March 29, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2020
- Flood, March 20, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2019
- Hail, December 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 12, 2019
- Flood, October 31, 2019
- Hail, September 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2019
- Hail, August 17, 2019
- Hail, August 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2019
- Hail, July 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2019
- Tornado, May 28, 2019
- Tornado, May 25, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2018
- Tornado, October 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 21, 2018
- Flood, September 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2018
- Hail, July 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2018
- Hail, June 5, 2018
- Hail, May 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2018
- Hail, May 12, 2018
- Hail, May 10, 2018
- Flood, April 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Tornado, February 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Tornado, November 19, 2017
- Tornado, August 22, 2017
- Hail, August 19, 2017
- Hail, August 4, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2017
- Tornado, July 11, 2017
- Tornado, July 10, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2017
- Tornado, June 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2017
- Hail, May 18, 2017
- Tornado, May 1, 2017
- Hail, April 27, 2017
- Hail, April 20, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2017
- High Wind, February 12, 2017
- Flood, December 18, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 17, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 15, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2016
- Flood, July 30, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Tornado, June 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2016
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Allegheny CountyEvery warning in Allegheny County since 1986Every county in Pennsylvania
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.