Pennsylvania

Storm History: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

946 episodes, 2,594 events since 1954

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Flash Flood72364$47 million
Hail599164$62 million
Thunderstorm Wind519111$4.1 million
Tornado3932146$311 million
Flood163192$30 million
Winter Weather5200
High Wind4103$815,000
Winter Storm3721
Ice Storm14040$7,000
Heavy Snow1400
Strong Wind900$36,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800
Cold/Wind Chill700
Lake-Effect Snow600
Lightning500$27,000
Drought200
Blizzard100
Excessive Heat110

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Allegheny County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.