Tornado History Map

Franklin County, Pennsylvania tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Franklin County from 1961 to 2022, 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 Franklin County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Franklin County, Pennsylvania between 1961 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 30 April 1994. The most recent was on 27 May 2022.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 220per 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 Franklin County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0529%
F1 / EF11059%
F2 / EF2212%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Franklin County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1990s.1960s11970s21980s11990s62000s32010s32020s1

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s2
1980s1
1990s6
2000s3
2010s3
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr3May2Jun2Jul5Aug1Sep3Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr3
May2
Jun2
Jul5
Aug1
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Franklin County

  • Strongest: Pennsylvania tornado30 April 1994, F2, 2 injuries, 6 miles long
  • Longest path: Pennsylvania tornado30 July 1996, F1, 6 miles long
  • Most recent: Pennsylvania tornado27 May 2022, EF0, 0.3 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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