Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1962

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries1

Length16.6 mi

Width300 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.32, -74.95) to the end point (40.28, -74.62), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 24, 1962, 1:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Counties: Bucks County, Mercer County
Path: 16.6 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 1 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 24, 1962

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 24, 1962	F3	Connecticut	11.6 mi	120 yd	1	50
May 24, 1962	F3	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	2
May 24, 1962	F3	Kansas	18.8 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1962	F2	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	2
May 24, 1962	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1962	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1962	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	2
May 24, 1962	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Wyoming	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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Tornado history nearby

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.