Hail and tornadoes in Lackawanna County, PA
Since January 2021, radar estimated hail somewhere in Lackawanna County, PA on 16 days. The biggest estimate: 3 in or larger (teacup), on Mon, Jul 15, 2024. Hail was reported to the National Weather Service inside the county on 3 days.
Still loading: radar estimates go back to Wed, Oct 14, 2020, and the earlier years are being added.
Radar estimates are NOAA's MESH: the largest hail the radar estimates aloft, on cells about 0.7 mile across, shown as the lower bound of a size band (“1.5+”). They often run larger than what reached the ground, and they aren't evidence of damage at any address.
Hail on record since 1955
NOAA's Storm Events database lists 57 hail reports in Lackawanna County, PA on 31 days, 0 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 1.75 in, near Oakhill, on Sat, Feb 25, 2017.
By decade: 2000s: 22 · 2010s: 29 · 2020s: 6
Tornadoes since 1950
7 tornadoes have touched Lackawanna County, PA since 1950, none of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Strongest
- Sat, Feb 25, 2017 · EF2 · 5.4 mi long, 500 yd wide · near Hillside Jct
- Tue, May 28, 2019 · EF1 · 0.79 mi long, 125 yd wide · near Newton
- Wed, Nov 17, 2010 · EF1 · 1.73 mi long, 150 yd wide · near Jessup
- Sun, Jul 2, 2023 · EF0 · 0.23 mi long, 70 yd wide · near Throop
- Mon, Apr 15, 2019 · EF0 · 3.22 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Scranton
Most recent
- Sun, Jul 2, 2023 · EF0 · 0.23 mi long, 70 yd wide · near Throop
- Tue, May 28, 2019 · EF1 · 0.79 mi long, 125 yd wide · near Newton
- Mon, Apr 15, 2019 · EF0 · 3.22 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Scranton
- Tue, Oct 2, 2018 · EF0 · 0.15 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Springbrook Corners
- Tue, Oct 2, 2018 · EF0 · 0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Hillside Jct
- Sat, Feb 25, 2017 · EF2 · 5.4 mi long, 500 yd wide · near Hillside Jct
- Wed, Nov 17, 2010 · EF1 · 1.73 mi long, 150 yd wide · near Jessup
By decade: 2010s: 6 · 2020s: 1
Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 2003 onward is in so far.
Every hail day since January 2021
- Tue, Sep 1, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Aug 12, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
Reported in the county- 1 in (2 W Quicktown, PA)
- Sat, Jul 4, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Aug 13, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jul 30, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Aug 3, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jul 15, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 3 in or larger (teacup)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jun 22, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Apr 30, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
Reported in the county- 1 in (Blakely, PA)
- Sat, Sep 9, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jul 13, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jun 26, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jul 1, 2022Reported in the county
- 1 in (OLD FORGE, PA)
- Wed, Jun 1, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Sep 15, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Aug 12, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Mar 24, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Radar estimates and reports are for anywhere inside the county's boundary. Radar estimates come from NOAA's MRMS estimated hail size (MESH), the largest hail the radar estimates aloft on a ~1 km grid. They often run larger than the hail that reached the ground, and they aren't an observation at any address. Reports are what people reported to the National Weather Service. Neither is proof of damage or an official record for an insurance claim. From NOAA's Storm Events Database (NCEI), which records tornadoes from 1950, hail and thunderstorm wind from 1955, and every kind of storm from 1996. A tornado that crossed county lines is counted in each county it touched. Recent months are added as NCEI publishes them, a few months behind. Damage is in the dollars of its year and is often an estimate.