Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, September 3, 1970
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries5
Length1.3 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.68, -80.33) to the end point (40.68, -80.28), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- September 3, 1970, 6:27 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Pennsylvania
- Counties
- Beaver County
- Path
- 1.3 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 5 injuries
Other tornadoes on September 3, 1970
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 1970 | F3 | Ohio | 2.3 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 3, 1970 | F1 | Indiana | 0.3 mi | 13 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 3, 1970 | F1 | Indiana | 5.1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 3, 1970 | F1 | Kansas | 10.1 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 3, 1970 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 3, 1970 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 3, 1970 | F1 | Ohio | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 3, 1970 | F0 | Ohio | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 3, 1970 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 3, 1970 | F0 | Tennessee | 0.8 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.