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Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in and near Bethany, PA

Public hail, wind, and tornado reports in and near Bethany, PA from July 3, 1974 through July 3, 2026, sourced from NOAA/NWS Local Storm Reports and SPC storm report data.

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Hail Reports
3
Wind Reports
28
Tornado Reports
2
Max Hail Size
2.00″
Source  NOAA SPC · NWS Local Storm Reports Coverage  Bethany, PA · 1974–present Updated  Daily · last Jul 3, 2026

Latest NWS Hail Reports in and near Bethany, PA

3 reports
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1.00″ hail
Aug 29, 2013
4:30 PM EST-5
Hail report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: .86 NW Galilee, PA
2.00″ hail
Sep 7, 1998
4:15 AM EST
Hail report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: A thunderstorm intensified rapidly over central portions of the county during the pre-dawn hours. The cell produced hail ranging from dime sized to as large as 2 inches in diameter in the town of Girdland. The larger hailstones inflicted some damage to homes and automobiles. A few cars had cracked windshields and some small windows on the upper level of homes were smashed. Briefly strong wind gusts toppled a few trees as well.
NWS Hail Report Location: Girdland, PA
1.00″ hail
Apr 24, 1992
2:55 PM CST
Hail report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Not provided, PA
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Hail Damage Risk for Your Home +

Hail reports describe hail by diameter, often comparing stone size to familiar objects like peas, quarters, golf balls, and softballs. Use this guide as a starting point for possible hail damage to your roof, siding, gutters, vents, windows, and exterior. Actual hail damage depends on hail hardness, density, wind speed, impact angle, roof age, shingle condition, roof pitch, roofing material, installation quality, and prior storm damage.

Pea
0.25″
Low

Usually too small to cause hail damage to most sound asphalt roofs, siding, or gutters.

Mothball
0.50″
Sub-Severe Watch

Below the NWS severe-hail threshold, but not always harmless. Repeated small hail can scuff surfaces, wear aging shingles, and loosen protective granules over time.

Penny
0.75″
Minor / Watch

Below the NWS severe-hail threshold, but roof hail damage is still possible on older, brittle, poorly installed, or previously damaged shingles. May also mark screens, vents, gutters, and soft metal.

Nickel
0.88″
Minor / Watch

Still below the severe-hail threshold, but large enough to leave visible marks on soft metal and add wear to older or hail-weakened roof shingles.

Quarter
1.00″
Watch

The NWS severe-hail threshold. Quarter-size hail can bruise shingles, dent soft metal, and create roof hail damage worth checking.

Half Dollar
1.25″
Watch

More likely to dent gutters, vents, flashing, and siding. Hail damage risk rises quickly on older roofs or hail-weakened shingles.

Ping Pong / Walnut
1.50″
Likely

Hail damage becomes more likely, including bruised shingles, granule loss, dented siding, and damaged roof vents.

Golf Ball
1.75″
Likely

Often causes roof hail damage, cracked shingles, dented gutters, damaged flashing, and siding impacts. A roof inspection is recommended.

Hen Egg
2.00″
Serious

Can crack or puncture shingles, expose mat, dent siding, and cause widespread hail damage across the roof and exterior.

Tennis Ball
2.50″
Serious

Can cause heavy roof hail damage, punctured siding, broken skylights, damaged vents, and widespread exterior damage.

Baseball
2.75″
Major

Major hail damage is likely, including severe roof impacts, damaged siding, broken windows, and possible major roof repairs.

Tea Cup / Large Apple
3.00″
Major

Can cause heavy hail damage across the roof, siding, gutters, windows, and exterior. Significant repairs are often needed.

Softball
4.00″
Extreme

Destructive hail damage. Can severely damage roofing materials, siding, windows, gutters, vents, vehicles, and exterior surfaces.

Grapefruit
4.50″
Extreme

Catastrophic hail damage risk for roofs, windows, vehicles, siding, gutters, and exterior surfaces.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service hail size references are used for hail-size comparisons and the 1.00″ severe-hail threshold. Damage descriptions are general homeowner guidance, not official NOAA/NWS damage ratings. Sub-severe hail under 1.00″ is below the severe threshold, but that does not mean “no roof damage.” Penny- to nickel-size hail can still contribute to granule loss, cosmetic surface marks, and added wear, especially on older, brittle, poorly installed, or previously damaged roofs.

Latest NWS Wind Reports in and near Bethany, PA

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UNK mph
Jul 3, 2026
9:34 PM UTC
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Multiple trees down along Cochecton Turnpike between Rileyville and Damascus.
NWS Wind Report Location: 3 W Damascus, PA
UNK mph
Jul 3, 2026
9:18 PM UTC
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Two trees down on PA-371.
NWS Wind Report Location: 5 WNW Rileyville, PA
UNK mph
Jul 3, 2026
8:51 PM UTC
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Tree down on Hancock Hwy.
NWS Wind Report Location: 2 SSW Lookout, PA
UNK mph
Jul 3, 2025
8:08 PM UTC
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Tree down over road at Wilcox Road and Galloway Road as per dispatch feed. Radar-estimated time.
NWS Wind Report Location: Lookout, PA
UNK mph
Jul 24, 2024
7:12 PM UTC
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Trees and wires down on Falls Ridge Rd.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 NNW Calkins, PA
UNK mph
Jul 24, 2024
7:04 PM UTC
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Trees and wires down on Valley Ridge Road.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 NW Calkins, PA
UNK mph
Jul 15, 2024
11:45 PM UTC
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Trees down across Schuman Rd... Rock Run Rd and Callicoon Rd. Time estimated by radar.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 SSE Lookout, PA
UNK mph
Jul 15, 2024
11:44 PM UTC
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Tree down across the Braman road and Hancock Hwy. Equinunk... PA. Time estimated by radar.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 W Lookout, PA
UNK mph
Jun 30, 2024
3:19 PM UTC
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Tree down on wires. Time estimated from radar.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 ENE Abrahamsville, PA
UNK mph
Jun 30, 2024
3:05 PM UTC
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Trees and wires down on Hancock Highway. Time estimated from radar.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 SW Lookout, PA
UNK mph
Mar 31, 2022
10:20 PM UTC
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: OLD BARN COMPLETELY DESTROY AT THE INTERSECTION OF COCHECTON TPK AND OREGON TPK WEST OF DAMASCUS.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 SSE Rutledgedale, PA
UNK mph
Jun 1, 2017
12:24 AM UTC
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. POWER COMPANY HANDLING MULTIPLE ISSUES.
NWS Wind Report Location: 4 SSE Equinunk, PA
58 mph
Aug 29, 2013
4:20 PM EST-5
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Trees and wires were blown down.
NWS Wind Report Location: .86 SE Braman, PA
58 mph
Jun 22, 2012
2:05 PM EST-5
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Several trees were blown down in Bethany.
NWS Wind Report Location: .86 SW Bethany, PA
58 mph
Aug 21, 2009
12:00 PM EST-5
Wind report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: A tree fell on a house at 706 Frasier Road.
NWS Wind Report Location: .86 SW Bethany, PA
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Wind Damage Risk for Your Home +

Storm reports list thunderstorm wind gusts in mph. The NWS marks storms as severe at 58+ mph, but wind damage to your home depends on roof age, shingle condition, installation, exposure, nearby trees, and prior hail or wind damage.

Below Severe
Under 58 mph
Minor

Usually little damage to a sound roof, but loose shingles, flashing, or debris may shift.

Severe
58–74 mph
Watch

Can loosen shingles, lift flashing, break limbs, and damage gutters, siding, fences, or trim.

Damaging
75–90 mph
Serious

Can peel shingles, damage vents, tear siding, rip gutters, and expose weak roof areas.

Extreme
90+ mph
Major

Can cause major roof covering loss, tree damage, broken windows, and structural damage.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service storm reports. Gusts may be measured or estimated; actual wind damage varies by roof condition, exposure, and prior hail or wind damage.

Latest NWS Tornado Reports in and near Bethany, PA

2 reports
UNK category
May 27, 2024
10:20 PM UTC
Tornado report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: Corrects previous tornado report from West Damascus. A brief tornado EF1 tornado with 90mph maximum winds touched down near the intersection of Oregon Turnpike and Cochecton Turnpike in West Damascus in the early evening of May 27th. The tornado initially produced minor tree and crop damage and lifted some debris into powerlines. It then continued eastward and crossed Cochecton Turnpike as well as Rutledgedale Road... uprooted a very large tree... and lofted additional debris into the tree. The tornado then crossed through a farm and caused significant roof and structural damage to a couple of barns. This is where the tornado was at its peak strength... with a metal roof partially lifted off a barn and a large wooden door ripped off another barn. Debris was also lofted down a hill roughly 100 feet away. Some minor tree and crop damage was observed down this hill... which was the last visible damage of the survey and the determined location where the tornado lifted.
NWS Tornado Report Location: West Damascus, PA
EF1 category
Jul 23, 2010
5:15 PM EST-5
Tornado report for Bethany, PA
Wayne County · 27,223 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: The National Weather Service in Binghamton, NY confirmed a tornado north of Bethany in Wayne County Pennsylvania on July 23 2010. A second tornado briefly touched down about 3 miles northwest of Bethany at 6:15 pm and tracked 1.7 miles to the southeast, to just 1 mile north of Bethany. Damage was observed on Eroh Road east of Grass Pond Number Three. The damage was primarily to tree with a barn roof partially peeled. The tornado had peak winds estimated at 80 mph.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 2.49 NW Bethany, PA
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Tornado Damage Risk for Your Home +

After a tornado, the National Weather Service assigns an EF rating from EF0 to EF5 based on surveyed damage. The rating estimates wind speed from what the tornado damaged, so actual damage can vary by construction quality, roof age, garage doors, windows, trees, debris, and how close the home was to the tornado path.

EF0
65–85 mph
Light

Can peel shingles, damage gutters or siding, break tree limbs, and toss loose outdoor items.

EF1
86–110 mph
Moderate

Can strip roof covering, damage exterior doors, break windows, snap trees, and cause heavier siding or gutter damage.

EF2
111–135 mph
Serious

Can tear off large sections of roofing, break or uproot trees, destroy weaker structures, and cause major exterior damage.

EF3–EF5
136+ mph
Severe

Can remove roofs and walls, destroy large portions of homes, toss vehicles, and cause severe to total destruction near the path.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service. EF ratings are assigned after a post-storm damage survey and are based on observed damage, not a direct measurement at every home.

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U.S. Census Data · City

Bethany, PA area census snapshot

People & households
Population269
Households120
Housing units135
Income
Median household income$95,167
$100k+ households58.3%
$150k+ households13.3%
Housing stock
Single-family detached113
Attached single-family9
Small multifamily13
Large multifamily0
Mobile homes0
Housing mix
Single-family share83.7%
Attached-home share6.7%
Multifamily share9.6%
Mobile-home share--
Ownership & occupancy
Owner-occupied101
Renter-occupied19
Vacant units15
Home value & age
Median home value$225,000
Owner homes $300k+28.7%
Owner homes $500k+15.8%
Owner homes $750k+--
Median year built1961
Older-home share88.9%
Vehicle context
Households with cars120
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Frequently asked questions

for homeowners, buyers & sellers
How many hail, wind, and tornado reports does Bethany have on record?

Our records show 3 hail, 28 wind, and 2 tornado reports in and near Bethany, PA, compiled from NOAA SPC and NWS Local Storm Reports. The most recent was reported on July 3, 2026.

What is the largest hail ever reported in Bethany?

The largest hail size in these storm-report records in and near Bethany, PA is 2.00″. It was reported near Girdland, PA on September 7, 1998.

A storm report showed up near my home in Bethany — does that mean my roof is damaged?

Not necessarily. A storm report only means hail, wind, or a tornado was observed nearby; it does not confirm damage at any specific address, and conditions change from block to block. Check an address-level hail report first, and if it looks significant, find a local pro that serves Bethany and ask about a Remote Hail Inspection before anyone climbs on the roof.

I am buying a home in Bethany — why should I look at its storm history?

Recent hail or wind can leave a roof or exterior with damage that is easy to miss during a walkthrough, and a recent roof replacement is sometimes an insurance job after a storm. Reviewing the storm history for a Bethany address before closing helps you ask informed questions about roof age, past repairs, and any prior claims.

I am selling a home in Bethany — how does this help me?

Knowing the storm history for your address lets you answer buyer questions with confidence, document repairs you have already made, and decide whether a pre-listing roof check is worthwhile. A clear hail history removes a common sticking point during negotiations.

How do I check hail history for a specific Bethany address?

Use the address search to pull a free address-level hail report for any property in Bethany — no phone number or email required. It shows recent hail activity for that address so you know whether a closer roof or exterior review makes sense.

Where does this storm report data come from, and what are its limits?

Storm reports on this page are public reports from storm events across Bethany, PA, sourced from NOAA SPC and NWS Local Storm Reports. They show where hail, wind, or tornado activity was reported in Bethany, but they do not confirm damage at any specific property. Report locations, sizes, and times may be approximate and can vary from what an individual home experienced. For property-specific hail history, use an address-level hail report or contact a participating local professional for a remote hail inspection. Pros inclusion is not an endorsement, and contacting a professional does not confirm damage at any property.

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