Tornado, Erie
- When
- July 15, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Erie County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 167 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -80.380
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 15, 1970
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- July 15, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -77.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- July 15, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -80.280
Tornado, Warren
- When
- July 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 167 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -79.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- July 15, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -79.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegheny
- When
- July 15, 3:27 PM CST
- Where
- Allegheny County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -80.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Montour
- When
- July 15, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Montour County
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -76.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- July 15, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -77.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- July 15, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -77.000
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in South Dakota, July 15, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 15, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 15, 1970
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10114290, 10114291, 10114292, 10114293, 10114294, 10114295, 10114296, 10114510, 10114511.