Funnel Cloud in Pennsylvania
Every funnel cloud event the National Weather Service has filed in Pennsylvania, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
The most significant on the map
The most significant funnel cloud episodes in Pennsylvania.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 119
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, September 1, 2021The remnants of Hurricane Ida impacted the mid-Atlantic on September 1, 2021. As it moved northward, Ida began transitioning to a strong mid-latitude cyclone with pronounced frontal features, but with continued tropical moisture.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 23, 2015An organized thunderstorm complex tracked southeast from the Great Lakes and produced wind damage across north-central Pennsylvania during the pre-dawn and early morning hours.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 25, 2010A cold front triggered several broken lines of severe thunderstorms across south-central and southeastern Pennsylvania during the late morning and early afternoon. A few discrete, organized storms developed over the lower Susquehanna Valley.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 29, 2021A strong shortwave trough moved east-southeastward out of the Great Lakes region on July 29. An associated, strengthening surface low also tracked out of the Great Lakes and into upstate New York.
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 23, 2015The combination of an unseasonably hot and humid air mass, an approaching cold front and strong winds aloft caused a squall line of severe thunderstorms to move through southeast Pennsylvania during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 23, 2010A warm front lifted north into northeast Pennsylvania during the afternoon, putting the area into the warm and moist air mass of the warm sector, with temperatures in the mid 80s and dew points in the 70s.
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 30, 2015Strong to severe thunderstorms that produced damaging winds, large hail and a tornado affected Eastern Pennsylvania from the middle of the afternoon into the early evening on the 30th.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, February 25, 2017A strong cold front encountered a record warm airmass across central Pennsylvania during the afternoon of February 25, generating widespread showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms became severe across the Lower Susquehanna Valley.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 28, 2019A warm front moved through Northeast Pennsylvania during the morning hours of the 28th, which brought an initial batch of showers to the region. Following the passage of this warm front, very unstable air moved in across the area.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 17, 2007A vigorous upper air disturbance in the northwest flow behind the cold front still had sufficient moisture to develop strong to severe thunderstorms across Pennsylvania and New Jersey during the afternoon and the evening of the 17th.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, May 27, 2011Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes moved through the area. Two EF1 tornadoes were confirmed in Huntingdon County. There was one report of localized flash flooding in Bedford County.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, April 28, 2002Golf ball size hail was reported.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 28, 2019Thunderstorms quickly developed as discreet cells during the afternoon hours on May 28, 2019. In a moderately high CAPE and strong shear environment, several super-cells were observed.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 19, 2019Discreet thunderstorm cells developed over the higher terrain of central Pennsylvania in a moderate-CAPE / low-shear environment during the afternoon and evening hours of May 19, 2019. As these storms progressed eastward, some of them produced wind damage and/or hail.
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 24, 2010A strong mid-level disturbance and associated wind flow combined with a moderately unstable air mass to produce numerous severe thunderstorms over north-central Pennsylvania during the early to late evening hours.
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, May 13, 2000A severe thunderstorm left a swath of wind damage across southern Lehigh County from Upper Macungie Township east through Allentown. A wind gust of 69 mph was measured at the Lehigh Valley international Airport.
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 12 to 13, 2003A funnel cloud was observed near Springboro. The funnel persisted several minutes but caused no damage.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2009An unseasonably warm and humid air mass combined with an approaching surface trof to produce strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening across Eastern Pennsylvania.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 4, 2010Severe thunderstorms produced significant wind damage and isolated one-inch diameter hail across portions of the lower Susquehanna Valley during the late afternoon and evening.
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, September 26, 2007Strong wind shear, abnormally warm temperatures, and high humidity for late September combined to produce severe thunderstorms - and one confirmed EF1 tornado near Tidioute, PA in Warren County.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 1, 2012Strongly forced ascent associated with an upper level trough and surface cold front produced a fast-moving line of low-topped thunderstorms along the spine of the Appalachians during the afternoon.
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 2, 2010An area of low pressure passed to the north of Lake Erie during the afternoon and evening hours of June 2nd. A cold front trailing the low moved east across the area causing showers and thunderstorms to develop. A few of the stronger thunderstorms became severe.
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, April 14, 2019A warm front lifted northward across the region during the afternoon of April 14th. A strong area of low pressure moved from southwest Ohio through north central Ohio during the afternoon.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 23, 2011Showers and thunderstorms that rode along a warm frontal boundary during the evening of the 23rd produced a tornado in Carbon County, a couple of other funnel clouds in the Poconos and Lehigh Valley and pockets of wind damage in the Poconos and Lehigh Valley.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 14, 2010An Appalachian lee side trough and an approaching cold front both helped produce severe thunderstorms across Eastern Pennsylvania during the late afternoon and evening of the 14th.
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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.