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2020 Pennsylvania Tornadoes
Last Updated: December 3, 2020
Date Location County Rating
April 8 Union Ridge, OH
- Blackhawk, PA
Beaver EF0
April 8 Tarentum Allegheny & Westmoreland EF1
April 8 Lower Burrell Westmoreland EF0
June 10 Ohioville Beaver EF2
August 4 Worcester Township Montgomery EF0
August 4 Doylestown Philadelphia, Bucks EF2
November 30 Montgomeryville Montgomery EF0
Ratings subject to change @stormsellwx

By Rating
EF0 4
EF1 1
EF2 2
EF3 0
EF4 0
EF5 0
Total 7

By Month
January 0
February 0
March 0
April 3
May 0
June 1
July 0
August 2
September 0
October 0
November 1
December 0
By NWS Office
Cleveland CLE 0
Pittsburgh PBZ 4
State College CTP 0
Binghamton BGM 0
Mount Holly PHI 3


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2021 Pennsylvania Tornadoes
Last Updated: October 26, 2021
Date Location County Rating
May 3 Portersville Lawrence EF0
May 4 Weedville Elk EF1
June 21 Seven Fields Allegheny EF0
July 29 Wayne Township Crawford EF0
July 29 Dempseytown Venango EF0
July 29 Ideal Indiana EF0
July 29 Acme - Donegal Fayette, Westmoreland EF1
July 29 Laurel Hill SP Somerset EF1
July 29 Kempton - Weisenberg Twp Berks, Lehigh EF1
July 29 Slatington Lehigh EF1
July 29 Myerstown Lebanon EF0
July 29 Plumstead Township Bucks EF1
July 29 New Hope Bucks, Mercer (NJ) EF2
July 29 West Finley Greene EF1
July 29 Nanty Glo Cambria EF0
July 29 Somerton-Trevose-Bensalem Philadelphia, Bucks EF3
July 29 Bustleton Philadelphia EF0
August 18 Valley View Schuylkill EF0
August 18 East Berlin Adams EF0
August 18 Globe Mills Snyder EF0
August 18 Halifax Dauphin EF1
August 18 Winterstown York EF0
August 18 Tilden Township Berks EF1
August 19 Souderton-Silverdale Montgomery, Bucks EF1
September 1 Oxford Chester EF2
September 1 Fort Washington *1 FATALITY* Montgomery EF2
September 1 Buckingham Twp Bucks EF1
September 1 Upper Makefield Township Bucks EF1
September 1 Edgewater Park, NJ - Bristol, PA Burlington (NJ), Bucks EF1
September 8 Washington Township Snyder EF1
September 8 Verdilla Snyder EF0
September 22 Sandy Lake Mercer EF1
October 16 Shippingport Beaver EF0
October 16 Monaca - Freedom Beaver EF1
October 16 Clear Creek SP - Millstone Jefferson, Elk EF1
October 21 New Galilee Beaver EF1
October 21 Franklin Twp - Harmony Twp Beaver, Butler EF1
October 21 Buffalo Washington EF2
October 21 Butler Butler EF0
October 21 Mount Nebo Allegheny EF0
October 21 Hampton Township Allegheny EF1
October 21 West Finley Washington EF1
October 21 Peters Township Washington EF1
October 21 East Finley Washington EF1
Ratings subject to change @stormsellwx


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By Month
January 0
February 0
March 0
April 0
May 2
June 1
July 14
August 7
September 8
October 12
November 0
December 0
By Rating
EF0 16
EF1 23
EF2 4
EF3 1
EF4 0
EF5 0
Total 44
By NWS Office
Cleveland CLE 1
Pittsburgh PBZ 19
State College CTP 12
Binghamton BGM 0
Mount Holly PHI 13


2022 Pennsylvania Tornadoes
Last Updated: August 2, 2022
Date Location County Rating
March 31 Rural Valley - Dayton Armstrong EF2
March 31 Hilltown Twp - Bedminster Twp Bucks EF1
March 31 Lairdsville Montour & Lycoming EF1
May 27 New Franklin Franklin EF0
May 27 Carlisle Cumberland EF0
May 27 Kirkwood Lancaster EF1
August 1 Dallas, WV - Beham, PA Washington EF2
August 1 Center Township Greene EF0
Data is preliminary and subject to change @stormsellwx

By Month
January 0
February 0
March 3
April 0
May 3
June 0
July 0
August 2
September 0
October 0
November 0
December 0
By Rating
EF0 3
EF1 3
EF2 2
EF3 0
EF4 0
EF5 0
Total 8
By NWS Office
Cleveland CLE 0
Pittsburgh PBZ 3
State College CTP 4
Binghamton BGM 0
Mount Holly PHI 1


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The information for tornadoes 1950-2017 have been compiled using the following sources:

Primary Sources: SPC Database | NCEI Storm Events Database

With additional information from: MS State Tornado Database | Storm Data Publication | Local news resources (Newspaper, TV...)

The information for tornadoes 2018-present have been compiled using the following source:

NWS Public Information Statements