Tornado, Crawford
- When
- July 21, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250 million
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -80.200
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 21, 1980
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $250 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- July 21, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -77.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- July 21, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -76.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Lycoming
- When
- July 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lycoming County
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -77.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- July 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -77.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -79.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- July 21, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -76.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- July 21, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -77.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne
- When
- July 21, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Luzerne County
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -75.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Bucks
- When
- July 21, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bucks County
- Coordinates
- 40.320, -75.130
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.
- 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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, July 21, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 21, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 21, 1980
- Hail in Nebraska, July 21, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 21, 1980
- Hail in Michigan, July 21, 1980
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, July 21, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 21, 1980
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: 10115224, 10115225, 10115226, 10115227, 10115228, 10115229, 10115230, 10115231, 10115232, 10115233.