Tornado History Map

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania tornado history

16 tornadoes recorded in or across Schuylkill County from 1953 to 2024, 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 Schuylkill County

The Storm Prediction Center records 16 tornadoes whose paths touched Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania between 1953 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 12 September 1953. The most recent was on 27 May 2024.

  • 16tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 3injuries
  • 206per 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 Schuylkill County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0531%
F1 / EF1850%
F2 / EF2319%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Schuylkill County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1970s.1950s41970s51980s11990s22010s22020s2

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1970s5
1980s1
1990s2
2010s2
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May5Jun1Jul3Aug2Sep2Oct0Nov3Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May5
Jun1
Jul3
Aug2
Sep2
Oct0
Nov3
Dec0

Records for Schuylkill County

  • Strongest: Pennsylvania tornado12 September 1953, F2, 4.7 miles long
  • Longest path: Pennsylvania tornado26 May 2011, EF1, 17 miles long
  • Most recent: Pennsylvania tornado27 May 2024, EF1, 1.5 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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