Tornado History Map

Columbia County, Pennsylvania tornado history

10 tornadoes recorded in or across Columbia County from 1964 to 2019, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Columbia County

The Storm Prediction Center records 10 tornadoes whose paths touched Columbia County, Pennsylvania between 1964 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 17 April 1982. The most recent was on 14 April 2019.

  • 10tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 207per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Columbia County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0110%
F1 / EF1770%
F2 / EF2220%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Columbia County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 2000s.1960s11970s11980s21990s22000s32010s1

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s1
1980s2
1990s2
2000s3
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Apr.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr3May1Jun2Jul2Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr3
May1
Jun2
Jul2
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Columbia County

  • Strongest: Pennsylvania tornado17 April 1982, F2, 1 injury, 4 miles long
  • Longest path: Pennsylvania tornado28 April 2002, F1, 6 miles long
  • Most recent: Pennsylvania tornado14 April 2019, EF2, 3.7 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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