Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F0 tornado, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1998

RatingF0

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length0.2 mi

Width40 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (41.33, -75.77) to the end point (41.33, -75.77), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 31, 1998, 5:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F0
States: Pennsylvania
Counties: Luzerne County
Path: 0.2 miles long, up to 40 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 31, 1998

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 31, 1998	F3	New York, Vermont	30.5 mi	970 yd	0	68
May 31, 1998	F3	New York	62 mi	200 yd	0	12
May 31, 1998	F3	New York	5 mi	800 yd	0	3
May 31, 1998	F3	Pennsylvania	20 mi	200 yd	0	2
May 31, 1998	F3	Pennsylvania	13 mi	880 yd	1	15
May 31, 1998	F3	Pennsylvania	8.3 mi	120 yd	0	7
May 31, 1998	F2	New York	1 mi	1,500 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F2	New Hampshire	0.5 mi	90 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F2	New York	8 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F2	Pennsylvania	2 mi	550 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F2	Pennsylvania	3 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F2	Kentucky	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F2	Pennsylvania	7 mi	880 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F2	Pennsylvania	5.6 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F1	Wisconsin	1.4 mi	80 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F1	Michigan	7 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F1	New York	3.5 mi	80 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F1	New York	2 mi	30 yd	0	2
May 31, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	0.5 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F1	Ohio	0.3 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	3 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	7 mi	80 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F1	Connecticut	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F1	Kentucky	1.5 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	3 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Wisconsin	0.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Michigan	0.3 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Michigan	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Michigan	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Michigan	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Indiana	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Indiana	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Ohio	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	New York	3 mi	80 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	New York	0.5 mi	80 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	New York	0.7 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	0.1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	0.2 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 31, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	0

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