Tornado History Map

Sullivan County, Pennsylvania tornado history

15 tornadoes recorded in or across Sullivan County from 1954 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 Sullivan County

The Storm Prediction Center records 15 tornadoes whose paths touched Sullivan County, Pennsylvania between 1954 and 2019. They killed 1 person and injured 1. The busiest month is July, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 14 April 1974. The most recent was on 29 May 2019.

  • 15tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 1injury
  • 333per 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 Sullivan County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0213%
F1 / EF11067%
F2 / EF2320%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Sullivan County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1990s.1950s11970s21980s21990s52000s22010s3

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s2
1980s2
1990s5
2000s2
2010s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr3May1Jun1Jul4Aug4Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr3
May1
Jun1
Jul4
Aug4
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Sullivan County

  • Deadliest: Pennsylvania tornado16 August 1997, F1, 1 death, 0.5 miles long
  • Strongest: Pennsylvania tornado14 April 1974, F2, 12.8 miles long
  • Longest path: Pennsylvania tornado13 July 1986, F1, 17 miles long
  • Most recent: Pennsylvania tornado29 May 2019, EF0, 0.4 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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