Storm History: Wayne County, Pennsylvania
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wayne 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
- 531
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $111 million
- Episodes
- 361
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 | 102 | 1 | 0 | $726,000 |
| Hail | 94 | 0 | 3 | $181,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 88 | 0 | 0 | $702,000 |
| Flash Flood | 61 | 1 | 0 | $90 million |
| Tornado | 51 | 0 | 0 | $898,000 |
| Winter Storm | 46 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| High Wind | 20 | 0 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| Winter Weather | 15 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $8.7 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 5 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $7.5 million |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Flash Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, April 19, 2026
- Flood, June 27, 2006
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2003
- Flood, September 18, 2004
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- High Wind, September 16, 1999
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2003
- Flood, September 18, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2013
- Tornado, July 23, 2010
- Blizzard, March 2, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 24, 1985
- Hail, September 7, 1998
- Hail, May 31, 1986
- Hail, July 23, 2012
- Flash Flood, April 25, 2011
- Hail, June 26, 2009
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, August 17, 2007
- Hail, June 20, 2001
- Hail, July 1, 2001
- Hail, September 13, 2001
- Hail, May 24, 2000
- Hail, June 13, 1994
- Hail, August 27, 1994
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Frost/Freeze, April 19, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2024
- Drought, November 12, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2024
- Hail, July 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- Hail, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2024
- Tornado, May 27, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, December 18, 2023
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2023
- Hail, June 3, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, April 18, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2022
- Flash Flood, October 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2021
- Hail, July 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2021
- Flash Flood, December 24, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2020
- Hail, June 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Flood, May 29, 2019
- Tornado, May 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2019
- Tornado, April 14, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 22, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2018
- Blizzard, March 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2017
- Hail, May 31, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Tornado, February 25, 2017
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 19, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Hail, May 22, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Hail, August 29, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2013
- Hail, April 10, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Hail, July 23, 2012
- Hail, June 22, 2012
- Heat, March 17, 2012
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2011
- Tornado, July 29, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2011
- Tornado, May 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2011
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- High Wind, February 18, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 30, 2010
- Hail, September 13, 2010
- Tornado, July 23, 2010
- Hail, July 21, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2010
- Hail, April 8, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2010
- Winter Weather, October 15, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2009
- Hail, June 26, 2009
- Hail, June 15, 2009
- Hail, June 9, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2008
- Winter Storm, October 28, 2008
- Hail, August 14, 2008
- Hail, July 27, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Hail, June 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2008
- Hail, April 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, March 8, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2007
- Winter Weather, November 17, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 9, 2007
- Hail, August 17, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2007
- Hail, July 27, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2007
- Hail, June 28, 2007
- Hail, June 27, 2007
- Hail, June 21, 2007
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, April 15, 2007
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2007
- Tornado, December 1, 2006
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, November 16, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Flood, June 27, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2006
- Hail, May 30, 2006
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2006
- Heat, January 1, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2005
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2005
- Strong Wind, November 29, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2005
- Winter Weather, October 25, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 29, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2005
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 29, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2005
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2005
- Strong Wind, December 23, 2004
- Flash Flood, November 28, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 25, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2004
- Flood, September 18, 2004
- Flood, September 18, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2004
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 10, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 6, 2003
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- High Wind, October 15, 2003
- High Wind, September 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2002
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2002
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2002
- Hail, August 2, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2002
- Tornado, May 31, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2002
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2001
- Hail, September 13, 2001
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Wayne CountyEvery warning in Wayne 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.