Tornado, Allegheny
- When
- June 3, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Allegheny County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250 million
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -79.730
Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 3, 1980
4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 140
- Property damage
- $750 million
- 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
4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Westmoreland
- When
- June 3, 10:35 AM CST
- Where
- Westmoreland County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 7.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250 million
- Coordinates
- 40.620, -79.700
Tornado, Armstrong
- When
- June 3, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 120 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250 million
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -79.550
Tornado, Indiana
- When
- June 3, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Indiana County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -79.470
Hail, Washington
- When
- June 3, 11:13 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -80.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Dauphin
- When
- June 3, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dauphin County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.220, -76.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Northampton
- When
- June 3, 12:57 PM CST
- Where
- Northampton County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -75.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Berks
- When
- June 3, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -75.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Philadelphia
- When
- June 3, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Philadelphia County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -75.170
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 Hail in Nebraska, June 3, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in West Virginia, June 3, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 3, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, June 3, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in New Jersey, June 3, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 3, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 3, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Delaware, June 3, 1980
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 3, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, June 3, 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: 10115865, 10115866, 10115867, 10115868, 10115869, 10115870, 10115871, 10115872, 10115873.