Tornado History Map

Wayne County, Pennsylvania tornado history

13 tornadoes recorded in or across Wayne County from 1991 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 Wayne County

The Storm Prediction Center records 13 tornadoes whose paths touched Wayne County, Pennsylvania between 1991 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 23 July 2010. The most recent was on 27 May 2024.

  • 13tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 179per 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 Wayne County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0431%
F1 / EF1754%
F2 / EF2215%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Wayne County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2010s.1990s32000s22010s72020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1990s3
2000s2
2010s7
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May6Jun0Jul6Aug0Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May6
Jun0
Jul6
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Wayne County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Pennsylvania tornado23 July 2010, EF2, 25.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Pennsylvania tornado27 May 2024, EF1, 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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