Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1956
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries1
Length2.3 mi
Width50 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.13, -76.25) to the end point (40.13, -76.18), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- September 17, 1956, 5:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Pennsylvania
- Counties
- Lancaster County
- Near the path
- Brownstown (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 2.3 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 1 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.