Bradford County, Pennsylvania tornado history

23 tornadoes recorded in or across Bradford County from 1951 to 2019, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Bradford County

The Storm Prediction Center records 23 tornadoes whose paths touched Bradford County, Pennsylvania between 1951 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 10 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 2 May 1983. The most recent was on 28 May 2019.

  • 23tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 200per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Bradford County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0730%
F1 / EF11252%
F2 / EF2313%
F3 / EF314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Bradford County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 2010s.1950s21960s11970s41980s11990s52000s12010s9

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s1
1970s4
1980s1
1990s5
2000s1
2010s9
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in Jul.Jan0Feb1Mar0Apr0May3Jun7Jul10Aug1Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun7
Jul10
Aug1
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Bradford County

  • Strongest: New York tornado2 May 1983, F3, 1 injury, 2 miles long
  • Longest path: Pennsylvania tornado22 June 1996, F1, 13.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Pennsylvania tornado28 May 2019, EF1, 3.2 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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