Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, June 2, 1998

RatingF4

Deaths0

Injuries5

Length36.5 mi

Width1,200 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.05, -79.22) to the end point (39.63, -78.83), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: June 2, 1998, 7:02 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Pennsylvania, Maryland
Counties: Somerset County, Garrett County, Allegany County
Path: 36.5 miles long, up to 1,200 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 5 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on June 2, 1998

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Jun 2, 1998	F3	Pennsylvania	26 mi	500 yd	2	15
Jun 2, 1998	F2	New York	15 mi	250 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F2	Pennsylvania	15 mi	880 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F2	Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland	12 mi	300 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F2	West Virginia	15 mi	150 yd	0	5
Jun 2, 1998	F1	Tennessee	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	West Virginia	0.7 mi	40 yd	0	1
Jun 2, 1998	F1	West Virginia	0.3 mi	40 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	West Virginia	1.5 mi	80 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	7 mi	300 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	8 mi	440 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	32 mi	700 yd	0	50
Jun 2, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	1.3 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	8 mi	200 yd	0	1
Jun 2, 1998	F1	New York	0.1 mi	60 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	4 mi	150 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	New York	0.3 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	Maryland	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	West Virginia	9 mi	150 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	12 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	15 mi	440 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	6 mi	400 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F1	Pennsylvania	3 mi	200 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	South Carolina	0.3 mi	40 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	Ohio	0.3 mi	40 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	West Virginia	0.5 mi	60 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	North Carolina	17 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	0.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	0.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	4 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	Maryland	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	Pennsylvania	0.5 mi	70 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	Virginia	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jun 2, 1998	F0	Virginia	1 mi	50 yd	0	0

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