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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mc Alisterville, PA

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

18 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Mc Alisterville, Pennsylvania since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Sandy in 2012. Since 1950, 40 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
2

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
16

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
40

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Mc Alisterville

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Mc Alisterville, Pennsylvania, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2012SandyOct 3042 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 3
2006ErnestoSep 359 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1979DavidSep 65 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1955DianeAug 1870 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1955ConnieAug 1313 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1954HazelOct 166 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 4
1952AbleSep 166 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2924 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1933Unnamed 1933 stormAug 2413 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 364 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1928Unnamed 1928 stormSep 2062 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 5
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 2360 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 1432 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2969 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2116 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 3
1885Unnamed 1885 stormOct 1411 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2356 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 2
1876Unnamed 1876 stormSep 1841 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 3

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Mc Alisterville: 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 Mc Alisterville

By decade

  • 2020s7
  • 2010s11
  • 2000s6
  • 1990s6
  • 1980s3
  • 1970s2
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s4
Strongest tornadoes near Mc Alisterville, Pennsylvania
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 19, 2019EF218 mi4.9 mi0 / 0
May 23, 2011EF23 mi4.71 mi0 / 0
Jun 20, 1989F223 mi2 mi0 / 1
Apr 9, 1980F25 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Sep 21, 1967F216 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Aug 19, 1955F219 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 23, 1952F217 mi0.1 mi0 / 4
Dec 1, 2006F121 mi1.5 mi1 / 0
Jul 2, 2023EF122 mi2.12 mi0 / 0
Jul 2, 2023EF119 mi1.47 mi0 / 0
Sep 8, 2021EF115 mi0.73 mi0 / 0
Aug 18, 2021EF121 mi5.54 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 40, 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 Mc Alisterville 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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