Jefferson County, Pennsylvania tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Jefferson County from 1954 to 2021, 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 Jefferson County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Jefferson County, Pennsylvania between 1954 and 2021. They killed 2 people and injured 14. The busiest month is July, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 11 July 1976. The most recent was on 16 October 2021.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 14injuries
  • 261per 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 Jefferson County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0424%
F1 / EF1953%
F2 / EF2424%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Jefferson County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1950s11960s11970s31980s11990s42000s12010s52020s1

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s1
1970s3
1980s1
1990s4
2000s1
2010s5
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun3Jul5Aug5Sep0Oct3Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun3
Jul5
Aug5
Sep0
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Jefferson County

  • Deadliest and Strongest and Longest path: Pennsylvania tornado11 July 1976, F2, 1 death, 7 injuries, 28.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Pennsylvania tornado16 October 2021, EF1, 1 death, 1 injury, 1.2 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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