Tornado, Westmoreland
- When
- June 1, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Westmoreland County
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -79.380
Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 1, 1976
4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- June 1, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.220, -76.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Dauphin
- When
- June 1, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dauphin County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -76.770
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- June 1, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.220, -77.020
Hail, Lancaster
- When
- June 1, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -76.500
Hail, Chester
- When
- June 1, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -76.130
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 1, 1976
- Tornado in Florida, June 1, 1976
- Hail in South Carolina, June 1, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 1, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 1, 1976
- Hail in Nebraska, June 1, 1976
- Hail in Kentucky, June 1, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 1, 1976
- Tornado in New York, June 1, 1976
- Hail in South Dakota, June 1, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 1, 1976
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: 10116861, 10116862, 10116863, 10116864, 10116865, 10116866.