Tornado History Map

Cambria County, Pennsylvania tornado history

23 tornadoes recorded in or across Cambria County from 1956 to 2023, 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 Cambria County

The Storm Prediction Center records 23 tornadoes whose paths touched Cambria County, Pennsylvania between 1956 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 19 July 1996. The most recent was on 12 August 2023.

  • 23tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 7injuries
  • 335per 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 Cambria County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0522%
F1 / EF11357%
F2 / EF2522%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Cambria County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in 1990s.1950s11970s21980s51990s102010s22020s3

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s2
1980s5
1990s10
2010s2
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr3May2Jun8Jul5Aug3Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May2
Jun8
Jul5
Aug3
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Cambria County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Pennsylvania tornado19 July 1996, F2, 6 injuries, 27.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Pennsylvania tornado12 August 2023, EF0, 0.2 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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