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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Henryville, PA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

19 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Henryville, Pennsylvania since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Isaias in 2020. Since 1950, 31 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
1

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
18

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
31

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Henryville

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Henryville, Pennsylvania, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020IsaiasAug 413 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 2873 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1996BerthaJul 1372 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1979DavidSep 657 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1972AgnesJun 2255 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2871 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1951 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 124 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2934 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 4
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 322 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3071 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 1
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 440 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1611 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 116 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2915 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2210 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2320 miCategory 1 (82 mph)Category 2
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3064 miTropical storm (59 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1958 miTropical storm (51 mph)Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Henryville: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Henryville

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s4
  • 2000s3
  • 1990s11(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s6(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s5(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Henryville, Pennsylvania
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 31, 1998F317 mi20 mi0 / 2
Jul 26, 1981F324 mi3.3 mi0 / 2
Mar 21, 1976F39 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2009EF29 mi4.58 mi0 / 2
May 31, 1998F220 mi3 mi0 / 0
May 31, 1998F217 mi2 mi0 / 0
Nov 8, 1996F225 mi2 mi0 / 1
Jul 20, 1981F214 mi4.1 mi0 / 0
Oct 5, 1979F214 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Sep 13, 1972F28 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF19 mi1.41 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF117 mi1.01 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 31, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Henryville while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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