Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 11, 1976

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 11, 1976
Start: 1976-07-11T02:00
End: 1976-07-11T16:00
Location: Pennsylvania

July 11, 1976 · 25 events in 17 counties and zones

17 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 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

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The toll

Deaths: 2
Injuries: 24
Property damage: $2.8 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 25

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

17 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clarion

When: July 11, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Clarion County
Coordinates: 41.350, -79.450

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When: July 11, 2:38 AM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Coordinates: 41.180, -78.900

Hail, Crawford

When: July 11, 12:05 PM CST
Where: Crawford County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.670, -79.630

Tornado, Beaver

When: July 11, 12:30 PM CST
Where: Beaver County
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 40.750, -80.330

Hail, Jefferson

When: July 11, 12:30 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 41.280, -79.120

Tornado, Clearfield

When: July 11, 12:45 PM CST
Where: Clearfield County
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 41.120, -78.770

Tornado, Jefferson

When: July 11, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Rating: F2
Path length: 28.7 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 7 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 41.320, -79.200

Thunderstorm Wind, Tioga

When: July 11, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Tioga County
Coordinates: 41.880, -77.200

Thunderstorm Wind, Armstrong

When: July 11, 1:15 PM CST
Where: Armstrong County
Coordinates: 40.770, -79.530

Hail, Jefferson

When: July 11, 1:20 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 41.100, -78.900

Thunderstorm Wind, Clarion

When: July 11, 1:20 PM CST
Where: Clarion County
Coordinates: 41.300, -79.280

Thunderstorm Wind, Butler

When: July 11, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Butler County
Coordinates: 40.850, -79.880

Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland

When: July 11, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Westmoreland County
Coordinates: 40.580, -79.570

Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland

When: July 11, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Westmoreland County
Coordinates: 40.400, -79.420

Hail, Westmoreland

When: July 11, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Westmoreland County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.300, -79.380

Thunderstorm Wind, Westmoreland

When: July 11, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Westmoreland County
Coordinates: 40.320, -79.350

Thunderstorm Wind, Bedford

When: July 11, 2:20 PM CST
Where: Bedford County
Coordinates: 40.020, -78.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: July 11, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Franklin County
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Coordinates: 39.930, -77.670

Tornado, Westmoreland

When: July 11, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Westmoreland County
Rating: F3
Path length: 11.8 mi
Path width: 67 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 17 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 40.350, -79.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland

When: July 11, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Cumberland County
Coordinates: 40.200, -77.180

Thunderstorm Wind, Huntingdon

When: July 11, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Huntingdon County
Coordinates: 40.200, -77.880

Thunderstorm Wind, York

When: July 11, 3:20 PM CST
Where: York County
Coordinates: 39.950, -76.720

Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton

When: July 11, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Fulton County
Measured: 78 kt (90 mph)
Coordinates: 39.980, -77.980

Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster

When: July 11, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Lancaster County
Coordinates: 40.070, -76.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Chester

When: July 11, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Chester County
Coordinates: 39.970, -75.620

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Jefferson	1976-07-11				Direct
Tornado, Westmoreland	1976-07-11				Direct

What these are

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1976 Every state in 1976 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Pennsylvania, 1976

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: 10116884, 10116885, 10116886, 10116887, 10116888, 10116889, 10116890, 10116891, 10117731, 10117732, 10117733, 10117734, 10117735, 10117736, 10117737, 10117738, 10117739, 10117740, 10117741, 10117742, 10117743, 10117744, 10117745, 10117746, 10117962.