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Storm reports for October 31, 2019

NOAA recorded 394 wind reports and 10 tornado reports in 12 states on October 31, 2019.

in 12 states
404
Storm reports
About 15 miles from Philadelphia, PA
109 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 21 miles from Philadelphia, PA
10
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on October 31, 2019 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.

What happened

A line of storms crossed the Mid-Atlantic from the evening of October 31 into the early hours of November 1, with widespread wind damage and a couple of short-lived tornadoes.1 An EF2 tornado touched down in Glen Mills, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, at 11:25 p.m. EDT, with winds near 120 mph that significantly damaged three houses and destroyed at least two greenhouses.1 Near Hartsville in Warminster Township, Bucks County, straight-line gusts up to 110 mph dropped trees on multiple homes, and two people were hurt.2 In Ambler, Montgomery County, a house reportedly collapsed in the wind and one person was injured.3

After midnight in Wall Township, New Jersey, straight-line winds near 100 mph caused substantial roof and wall collapse at a commercial building near the Monmouth County airport and threw its beams more than 300 feet.4 Along Lake Erie, high water flooded homes on Grand Island and along Route 5 near Hamburg, New York, after the lake crested at Buffalo Harbor just after midnight.5 Trees falling on vehicles killed two people, in Sandy Springs, Georgia, and in Montgomery County, Maryland.6,7

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado (EF2), Delaware County, PA, October 31, 2019
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Bucks County, PA, October 31, 2019
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery County, PA, October 31, 2019
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Monmouth County, NJ, November 1, 2019
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Lakeshore Flood, Northern Erie County, NY, November 1, 2019
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton County, GA, October 31, 2019
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery County, MD, October 31, 2019

Reports by hour

Wind394, most at 10 PM

Tornado10, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:45 AMEF0About 41 miles from Knoxville, TN1.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:59 PMEF1About 28 miles from Columbia, SC1.14 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:02 PMEF1About 24 miles from Columbia, SC0.47 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:04 PMEF0Near 38.64, -78.71, VA0.54 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:09 PMEF0About 19 miles from Columbia, SC0.07 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:48 PMEF1About 45 miles from Durham, NC4.47 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:25 PMEF2About 21 miles from Philadelphia, PA0.47 mi long, 250 yd wide
11:23 PMEF1About 29 miles from New York, NY4.87 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:55 PMEF1About 19 miles from Virginia Beach, VA4.85 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:15 AMEF0About 57 miles from Wilmington, NC0.37 mi long, 60 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Virginia790763
Pennsylvania740731
North Carolina550541
Maryland500500
New Jersey340331
New York240240
South Carolina240213
Tennessee210201
West Virginia190190
Georgia120120
Delaware100100
District of Columbia2020

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Albany, NYNone58 mph0
Allentown, PANone69 mph0
Asheville, NCNone46 mph0
Atlanta, GANone58 mph0
Atlantic City, NJNone64 mph0
Augusta, GANone69 mph0
Baltimore, MDNone60 mph0
Binghamton, NYNone58 mph0
Durham, NCNone58 mph0
Fayetteville, NCNone58 mph0
Greensboro, NCNone58 mph0
Greenville, SCNone58 mph0
Harrisburg, PANone58 mph0
Kingsport, TNNone69 mph0
Knoxville, TNNone69 mph0
Lancaster, PANone58 mph0
New York, NYNone69 mph0
Philadelphia, PANone109 mph0
Raleigh, NCNone58 mph0
Reading, PANone58 mph0
Scranton, PANone58 mph0
Spartanburg, SCNone58 mph0
Trenton, NJNone58 mph0
Utica, NYNone58 mph0
Washington, DCNone60 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone58 mph0

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