Storm History: Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Columbia 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
- 435
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $18 million
- Episodes
- 351
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 107 | 0 | 8 | $321,000 |
| Hail | 103 | 0 | 1 | $204,000 |
| Flash Flood | 64 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
| Tornado | 37 | 0 | 2 | $664,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 29 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Winter Storm | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 19 | 0 | 0 | $17,000 |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 0 | 1 | $40,000 |
| High Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | $24,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, January 25, 2010
- Tornado, June 27, 1994
- Tornado, April 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2021
- Hail, May 15, 2018
- Ice Storm, December 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 1999
- Tornado, April 17, 1982
- Tornado, July 26, 1989
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2021
- Hail, July 12, 2022
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Hail, June 2, 1999
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 episode, newest first
- Flood, June 11, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2026
- Ice Storm, December 26, 2025
- Tornado, September 4, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2025
- Hail, July 3, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2024
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Hail, August 12, 2023
- Flood, August 7, 2023
- Flood, July 24, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 2023
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2022
- Hail, July 12, 2022
- Hail, March 31, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2021
- Hail, July 7, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2020
- Hail, May 29, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2019
- Hail, May 29, 2019
- Tornado, April 15, 2019
- Hail, April 14, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2018
- Hail, May 15, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2016
- Hail, July 25, 2016
- Hail, July 18, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 25, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Hail, July 2, 2014
- Hail, May 22, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2013
- Hail, September 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2013
- Tornado, June 27, 2013
- Hail, June 24, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2013
- Strong Wind, January 31, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2012
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2012
- Tornado, July 26, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2012
- Hail, July 7, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2012
- Heavy Snow, October 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Hail, July 19, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Flood, April 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2011
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2011
- Flood, March 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 30, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2010
- Hail, July 25, 2010
- Tornado, July 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 25, 2010
- Hail, August 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2009
- Hail, July 24, 2009
- Hail, July 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2009
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 6, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2008
- Hail, June 20, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Flood, March 4, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 12, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- Hail, August 30, 2007
- Hail, August 25, 2007
- Hail, August 17, 2007
- Hail, June 27, 2007
- Tornado, June 19, 2007
- Hail, June 13, 2007
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2007
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Tornado, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, November 16, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 17, 2006
- Flood, July 1, 2006
- Flood, June 28, 2006
- Flood, June 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2006
- Hail, May 30, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2005
- Hail, August 12, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Flood, April 3, 2005
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flood, March 29, 2005
- Flood, March 29, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- Flood, January 14, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 8, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 25, 2004
- Flood, September 18, 2004
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Hail, July 14, 2004
- Hail, June 17, 2004
- Tornado, June 17, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2004
- Hail, May 26, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2004
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 2004
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2004
- Ice Storm, February 6, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2003
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2003
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2002
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2002
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2002
- Tornado, April 28, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 16, 2001
- Hail, September 13, 2001
- Hail, September 13, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2001
- Hail, June 20, 2001
- Tornado, May 27, 2001
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2001
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2001
- Flash Flood, December 17, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2000
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2000
- Hail, July 21, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2000
- Hail, May 24, 2000
- Hail, May 10, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Columbia CountyEvery warning in Columbia 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.