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Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in and near Picture Rocks, PA

Public hail, wind, and tornado reports in and near Picture Rocks, PA from June 17, 1967 through July 4, 2026, sourced from NOAA/NWS Local Storm Reports and SPC storm report data.

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Hail Reports
6
Wind Reports
53
Tornado Reports
3
Max Hail Size
1.75″
Source  NOAA SPC · NWS Local Storm Reports Coverage  Picture Rocks, PA · 1967–present Updated  Daily · last Jul 4, 2026

Latest NWS Hail Reports in and near Picture Rocks, PA

6 reports
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1.75″ hail
Jul 19, 2011
4:55 PM EST-5
Hail report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Quarter to golf ball sized (1-1.75 inch diameter) hail reported near Picture Rocks along US 220.
NWS Hail Report Location: 1.04 E Tivoli, PA
0.88″ hail
Jun 20, 2008
5:32 PM EST-5
Hail report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Public reported nickel-sized hail in Biggertown.
NWS Hail Report Location: .69 N Richards Grove, PA
1.75″ hail
Sep 13, 2001
5:35 PM EST
Hail report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Golf ball sized hail was reported 1 mile east of Unityville.
NWS Hail Report Location: 1 E Unityville, PA
1.00″ hail
Sep 13, 2001
4:40 PM EST
Hail report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Quarter sized hail was reported in Barbours.
NWS Hail Report Location: Barbours, PA
0.75″ hail
Jul 8, 1996
1:40 PM EST
Hail report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Picture Rocks, PA
1.75″ hail
May 31, 1986
5:00 PM CST
Hail report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 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 Picture Rocks, PA

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UNK mph
Jul 4, 2026
10:20 PM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Trees down on wires along Hall Road.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 SSE Biggertown, PA
UNK mph
Jun 11, 2026
10:23 PM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Tree and wires down near Mountain Road.
NWS Wind Report Location: 5 E Loyalsockville, PA
UNK mph
Apr 16, 2026
3:06 AM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Tree down on 1800 block of PA 42.
NWS Wind Report Location: 3 NW Biggertown, PA
UNK mph
Apr 16, 2026
2:58 AM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Tree down on roadway.
NWS Wind Report Location: 3 E Picture Rocks, PA
UNK mph
Apr 16, 2026
2:55 AM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Tree down on Dunwoody Rd.
NWS Wind Report Location: 4 NNW Picture Rocks, PA
UNK mph
Jun 19, 2025
11:00 PM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Trees down along route 87.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 SW Barbours, PA
UNK mph
Apr 19, 2025
8:15 PM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Tree down on wires.
NWS Wind Report Location: 2 SSW Biggertown, PA
UNK mph
Apr 19, 2025
8:04 PM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Tree down.
NWS Wind Report Location: 5 E Loyalsockville, PA
UNK mph
Jun 23, 2024
12:30 AM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Multiples trees (reports of wires on the road) down along the length of Rte 118 between Lairdsville... PA and Intersection with Rte 42.
NWS Wind Report Location: 3 ENE Lairdsville, PA
UNK mph
Jun 22, 2024
10:00 PM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Trees down on the roadway 2 miles north of Rt 220 on Highland Lake Rd.
NWS Wind Report Location: 3 NNE Picture Rocks, PA
UNK mph
Jun 22, 2024
9:55 PM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Measured .7 inches of rain... heavy winds (no estimate of wind speed) Loss of power at home due to line down along Baker Hill Rd (Utility expected to be restored at 0600 Sunday morning).
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 SW Picture Rocks, PA
UNK mph
Aug 12, 2023
7:20 PM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Tree and wires down. Time estimated by radar.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 ENE Picture Rocks, PA
UNK mph
Jul 16, 2023
12:20 AM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Multiple trees down in the Biggertown area. Time estimated by radar.
NWS Wind Report Location: Biggertown, PA
UNK mph
Jul 16, 2023
12:18 AM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Tree down partially blocking lanes of Rt 42. Time estimated by radar.
NWS Wind Report Location: 2 SSW Biggertown, PA
UNK mph
Jun 26, 2023
12:45 PM UTC
Wind report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Wires down across Quaker Church Road. Time estimated by radar.
NWS Wind Report Location: 5 W Picture Rocks, 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 Picture Rocks, PA

3 reports
F1 category
Aug 31, 2005
3:55 AM EST
Tornado report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: A survey team composed of National Weather Service employees along with Lycoming County and Local Emergency Management Personnel confirmed that an F1 tornado touched down briefly in Lycoming County near the town of Barbours very early on the morning of August 31.The tornado touched down just southeast of the town of Barbours, along Route 87 about one half mile south of the intersection of Route 87 and Dunwoody Road. The tornado traveled northeast and lifted on Dunwoody Road near the Barbours Municipal Building.The path length of the tornado was about three quarters of a mile, and the path width was about 100 yards. Wind speeds were estimated around 90 mph, putting it in the middle of the F1 range. Damage was confined mainly to trees, as the tornado traveled through a heavily wooded area. There were no injuries or deaths associated with the tornado.The tornado damage was embedded in a larger swath of sporadic straight line wind damage, that extended about 2 miles from the northern edge of the Tiadaghton State Forest to the edge of the State Game Lands northeast of the town of Barbours.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Barbours, PA
F1 category
Jun 16, 1998
6:50 PM EST
Tornado report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: This unusual anticyclonic tornado probably occurred in coincidence with the cyclonic storm. It, too, was located 6.5 miles east of Picture Rocks on Route 2077. About a dozen trees were uprooted and at the end of the storm's path a window was blown out of a home.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Picture Rocks, PA
F1 category
Jun 16, 1998
5:50 PM EST
Tornado report for Picture Rocks, PA
Lycoming County · 36,606 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Picture Rocks, 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

Picture Rocks, PA area census snapshot

People & households
Population718
Households337
Housing units381
Income
Median household income$92,321
$100k+ households49.3%
$150k+ households29.7%
Housing stock
Single-family detached341
Attached single-family0
Small multifamily16
Large multifamily21
Mobile homes0
Housing mix
Single-family share89.5%
Attached-home share--
Multifamily share9.7%
Mobile-home share--
Ownership & occupancy
Owner-occupied286
Renter-occupied51
Vacant units44
Home value & age
Median home value$185,900
Owner homes $300k+7.7%
Owner homes $500k+1.4%
Owner homes $750k+0.7%
Median year built1963
Older-home share75.3%
Vehicle context
Households with cars323
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Frequently asked questions

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

Our records show 6 hail, 53 wind, and 3 tornado reports in and near Picture Rocks, PA, compiled from NOAA SPC and NWS Local Storm Reports. The most recent was reported on July 4, 2026.

What is the largest hail ever reported in Picture Rocks?

The largest hail size in these storm-report records in and near Picture Rocks, PA is 1.75″. It was reported near Tivoli, PA on July 19, 2011.

A storm report showed up near my home in Picture Rocks — 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 Picture Rocks and ask about a Remote Hail Inspection before anyone climbs on the roof.

I am buying a home in Picture Rocks — 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 Picture Rocks address before closing helps you ask informed questions about roof age, past repairs, and any prior claims.

I am selling a home in Picture Rocks — 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 Picture Rocks address?

Use the address search to pull a free address-level hail report for any property in Picture Rocks — 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 Picture Rocks, PA, sourced from NOAA SPC and NWS Local Storm Reports. They show where hail, wind, or tornado activity was reported in Picture Rocks, 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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