Storm History: Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Franklin 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
- 597
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $3.5 million
- Episodes
- 455
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 | 167 | 0 | 2 | $1.1 million |
| Hail | 146 | 0 | 0 | $197,000 |
| Tornado | 83 | 0 | 3 | $915,000 |
| Flash Flood | 66 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Heavy Snow | 31 | 0 | 0 | $65,000 |
| Winter Storm | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 25 | 0 | 0 | $36,000 |
| High Wind | 13 | 1 | 0 | $62,000 |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, June 18, 1996
- Tornado, April 30, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 19, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Tornado, April 19, 2019
- Tornado, May 27, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2009
- Tornado, July 29, 1974
- Tornado, June 20, 1989
- Tornado, June 19, 1992
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2010
- Tornado, May 26, 2011
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Hail, August 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2020
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 18, 1970
- Tornado, March 21, 1976
- Tornado, July 11, 1976
- Tornado, July 27, 1969
- Tornado, April 5, 1977
- Tornado, May 12, 1980
- Tornado, July 20, 1981
- Tornado, June 20, 1989
- Tornado, November 20, 1989
- Tornado, June 8, 1990
- Tornado, June 30, 1990
- Tornado, May 6, 1991
- Tornado, September 18, 1991
- Tornado, July 17, 1992
- Tornado, August 28, 1992
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 14, 2026
- Flood, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Drought, January 13, 2026
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2025
- Heat, July 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Flood, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2024
- Drought, July 2, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Flood, January 9, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Flood, August 7, 2023
- Hail, August 4, 2023
- Flood, July 28, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2022
- Hail, July 12, 2022
- Flood, June 22, 2022
- Tornado, May 27, 2022
- Hail, May 15, 2022
- Hail, March 31, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2021
- Hail, July 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- High Wind, April 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Hail, August 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Hail, July 6, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Hail, May 29, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2019
- Hail, May 19, 2019
- Tornado, April 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2019
- Hail, April 14, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Hail, August 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2018
- Hail, July 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2018
- Hail, September 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Tornado, May 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 12, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2016
- Hail, June 28, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Hail, August 3, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 25, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2014
- Hail, July 13, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Hail, July 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2014
- Flood, May 16, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2013
- Flood, October 10, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2013
- Hail, September 12, 2013
- Tornado, August 7, 2013
- Hail, July 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2013
- Hail, June 28, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2013
- Hail, May 22, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 24, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2013
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Tornado, August 26, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2012
- Hail, August 3, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2012
- Hail, April 26, 2012
- Heavy Snow, October 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2011
- Hail, September 4, 2011
- Hail, August 14, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Tornado, May 27, 2011
- Tornado, May 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Hail, July 25, 2010
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2010
- Hail, June 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2010
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 2010
- Flood, March 13, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2009
- Hail, July 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2009
- Hail, July 11, 2009
- Hail, June 13, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2009
- Hail, June 9, 2009
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 6, 2009
- High Wind, December 31, 2008
- Hail, August 10, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Hail, July 27, 2008
- Tornado, July 26, 2008
- Hail, June 20, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Flood, May 12, 2008
- Flood, April 26, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2007
- Hail, July 29, 2007
- Tornado, June 19, 2007
- Hail, June 13, 2007
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2007
- Hail, June 1, 2007
- Hail, May 27, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2007
- Hail, May 10, 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
- Flash Flood, November 16, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 31, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Heat, July 17, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 29, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Hail, June 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Hail, June 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Hail, April 23, 2005
- Flood, March 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 14, 2005
- Flood, September 28, 2004
- Tornado, September 17, 2004
- Tornado, September 17, 2004
- Tornado, September 17, 2004
- Strong Wind, September 17, 2004
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Hail, August 20, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2004
- Hail, August 20, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2004
- Hail, June 1, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2004
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Franklin CountyEvery warning in Franklin 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.