Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F5 tornado, Portage County, Ohio, May 31, 1985

RatingF5

Deaths18

Injuries310

Length47 mi

Width450 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (41.20, -81.15) to the end point (41.22, -80.27), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 31, 1985, 4:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F5
States: Ohio, Pennsylvania
Counties: Portage County, Trumbull County, Mercer County
Path: 47 miles long, up to 450 yards wide
Casualties: 18 deaths, 310 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 31, 1985

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 31, 1985	F4	Ohio, Pennsylvania	14 mi	400 yd	12	82
May 31, 1985	F4	Pennsylvania, Ohio	56.2 mi	350 yd	16	125
May 31, 1985	F4	Pennsylvania, New York	28 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 31, 1985	F4	Pennsylvania	29 mi	800 yd	7	30
May 31, 1985	F4	Pennsylvania	69 mi	3,330 yd	0	0
May 31, 1985	F4	Pennsylvania	29 mi	1,000 yd	4	40
May 31, 1985	F3	Ohio	15 mi	440 yd	0	30
May 31, 1985	F3	Pennsylvania	23 mi	277 yd	2	0
May 31, 1985	F3	Pennsylvania	8 mi	427 yd	0	0
May 31, 1985	F3	New York	13 mi	177 yd	0	10
May 31, 1985	F3	Ohio	29 mi	150 yd	1	20
May 31, 1985	F3	Pennsylvania	17 mi	800 yd	0	8
May 31, 1985	F3	Pennsylvania	39 mi	243 yd	9	120
May 31, 1985	F3	Pennsylvania	19 mi	910 yd	6	60
May 31, 1985	F2	Pennsylvania	4 mi	200 yd	1	0
May 31, 1985	F2	Ohio, Pennsylvania	10 mi	220 yd	0	15
May 31, 1985	F2	Pennsylvania	19 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 31, 1985	F2	Ohio	15 mi	220 yd	0	20
May 31, 1985	F2	Pennsylvania	6 mi	150 yd	0	1
May 31, 1985	F1	Pennsylvania	5 mi	130 yd	0	0
May 31, 1985	F1	Ohio	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 31, 1985	F1	Ohio	11 mi	77 yd	0	5
May 31, 1985	F1	Ohio	0.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 31, 1985	F1	Ohio	2 mi	77 yd	0	0
May 31, 1985	F1	New York	5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 31, 1985	F1	Pennsylvania	11 mi	530 yd	0	0
May 31, 1985	F1	Pennsylvania	0.2 mi	17 yd	0	0
May 31, 1985	F0	Pennsylvania	5 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 31, 1985	F0	Pennsylvania	6 mi	27 yd	0	0

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