Storm History: Washington County, Pennsylvania
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
- 1,176
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 16
- Damage
- $30 million
- Episodes
- 624
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 | 285 | 0 | 3 | $2.5 million |
| Flash Flood | 271 | 1 | 0 | $7.9 million |
| Hail | 255 | 0 | 0 | $825,000 |
| Tornado | 166 | 0 | 4 | $10 million |
| Flood | 75 | 0 | 1 | $7.9 million |
| Winter Storm | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 28 | 0 | 0 | $346,000 |
| Winter Weather | 17 | 0 | 5 | |
| Heavy Snow | 13 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ice Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 1 | $40,000 |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, October 21, 2021
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2002
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2000
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Tornado, August 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2002
- Flood, January 6, 2005
- Tornado, August 9, 2007
- Tornado, June 29, 1987
- Tornado, August 9, 1987
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2011
- Tornado, June 6, 2026
- Flood, June 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2010
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, September 25, 1994
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2020
- Hail, August 3, 2015
- Hail, November 27, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2018
- Hail, April 9, 2001
- Hail, March 25, 1987
- Hail, April 2, 2025
- Hail, June 18, 2024
- Tornado, August 6, 2024
- Hail, May 12, 2018
- Hail, April 10, 2013
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2008
- Hail, April 28, 2002
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 31, 1985
- Tornado, June 3, 1980
- Tornado, April 14, 1974
- Tornado, June 4, 1975
- Tornado, June 30, 1990
- Tornado, May 6, 1991
- Tornado, March 23, 2011
- Tornado, May 1, 2017
- Tornado, October 21, 2021
- Tornado, August 1, 2022
- Tornado, August 24, 2023
- Tornado, May 11, 2024
- Tornado, June 26, 2024
- Tornado, June 14, 2026
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 22, 2026
- Tornado, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Tornado, June 6, 2026
- Hail, May 13, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 26, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- Hail, March 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2025
- Tornado, May 21, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Hail, May 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Hail, April 19, 2025
- Hail, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, March 16, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Tornado, November 20, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Hail, September 21, 2024
- Hail, August 29, 2024
- Drought, August 20, 2024
- Hail, August 17, 2024
- Tornado, August 6, 2024
- Drought, July 16, 2024
- Tornado, June 26, 2024
- Hail, June 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 17, 2024
- Tornado, May 11, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2023
- Tornado, August 24, 2023
- Tornado, August 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2023
- Hail, June 3, 2023
- Hail, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 25, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 2023
- Strong Wind, February 21, 2023
- Strong Wind, February 9, 2023
- High Wind, December 23, 2022
- Hail, November 27, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2022
- Tornado, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2022
- Flood, May 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Strong Wind, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Tornado, October 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 31, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2021
- Hail, July 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2021
- Flood, June 21, 2021
- Tornado, June 21, 2021
- Hail, June 14, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 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 16, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2020
- Hail, October 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2020
- Flood, July 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2020
- Tornado, June 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2020
- Tornado, April 7, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2020
- Debris Flow, February 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2020
- Flood, October 31, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2019
- Hail, July 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 21, 2018
- Flood, September 7, 2018
- Flood, September 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2018
- Hail, July 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2018
- Tornado, June 3, 2018
- Hail, May 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2018
- Hail, May 12, 2018
- Flood, April 16, 2018
- Flood, April 3, 2018
- Tornado, February 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Tornado, August 22, 2017
- Hail, August 19, 2017
- Hail, August 4, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2017
- Tornado, June 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2017
- Tornado, May 1, 2017
- Hail, April 27, 2017
- Flood, March 1, 2017
- Flood, December 18, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 17, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2016
- Tornado, August 17, 2016
- Flood, July 30, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2016
- Tornado, June 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Hail, August 3, 2015
- Flood, July 7, 2015
- Flood, July 6, 2015
- Flood, June 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2015
- Hail, April 9, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2015
- Strong Wind, December 24, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2014
- Hail, July 30, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2014
- Tornado, June 18, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2014
- Flood, May 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Flood, August 23, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2013
- Tornado, July 10, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2013
- Flood, June 25, 2013
- Hail, June 18, 2013
- Flood, June 13, 2013
- Hail, May 22, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2013
- Hail, April 10, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 30, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 26, 2012
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Tornado, September 27, 2012
- Hail, August 9, 2012
- Hail, July 30, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2012
- Hail, March 28, 2012
- High Wind, February 24, 2012
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2011
- Flood, July 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2011
- Flood, May 18, 2011
- Flood, May 13, 2011
- Hail, April 26, 2011
- Flood, April 5, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, March 23, 2011
- Hail, March 21, 2011
- Flood, March 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, February 27, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.