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Pennsylvania storm reports for October 2, 2018

NOAA recorded 17 hail reports, 40 wind reports and 16 tornado reports in Pennsylvania on October 2, 2018.

in Pennsylvania
73
Storm reports
Near 41.01, -77.53, PA
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 29 miles from Erie, PA
60 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 29 miles from Erie, PA
16
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on October 2, 2018 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail17, most at 4 PM

Wind40, most at 4 PM

Tornado16, most at 4 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:33 PMEF2About 29 miles from Erie, PA4.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:05 PMEF1About 27 miles from Erie, PA3.5 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:32 PMEF1About 32 miles from Erie, PA3 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:43 PMEF1About 35 miles from Erie, PA0.84 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:03 PMEF0Near 41.17, -79.12, PA4.81 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:03 PMEF2Near 41.55, -77.18, PA2.17 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:05 PMEF0Near 41.33, -78.63, PA0.17 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:26 PMEF1About 41 miles from Pittsburgh, PA1.67 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:33 PMEF2Near 41.14, -79.17, PA4.09 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:37 PMEF1About 27 miles from Pittsburgh, PA0.94 mi long, 150 yd wide
4:38 PMEF0About 27 miles from Pittsburgh, PA0.76 mi long, 250 yd wide
4:55 PMEF2About 37 miles from Pittsburgh, PA1.56 mi long, 250 yd wide
Show all 16 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
5:01 PMEF0About 6 miles from Scranton, PA0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:11 PMEF0About 7 miles from Scranton, PA0.15 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:37 PMEF1About 25 miles from Scranton, PA1.01 mi long, 40 yd wide
6:01 PMEF1About 29 miles from Allentown, PA1.41 mi long, 50 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Scranton, PANoneNone2

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.