Tornado, Somerset
- When
- July 5, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Somerset County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -79.320
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 5, 1984
8 tornado, 2 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $18 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
8 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Berks
- When
- July 5, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -75.820
Tornado, Berks
- When
- July 5, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -75.770
Tornado, Berks
- When
- July 5, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -75.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- July 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -75.830
Tornado, Berks
- When
- July 5, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -75.630
Tornado, Lehigh
- When
- July 5, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lehigh County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -75.580
Tornado, Berks
- When
- July 5, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Berks County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -75.630
Tornado, Lehigh
- When
- July 5, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Lehigh County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -75.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Bucks
- When
- July 5, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bucks County
- Coordinates
- 40.570, -75.280
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 5, 1984
- Tornadoes in New Hampshire, July 5, 1984
- Tornado in Connecticut, July 5, 1984
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 5, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, July 5, 1984
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 5, 1984
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 5, 1984
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 5, 1984
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 5, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 5, 1984
- Hail in Louisiana, July 5, 1984
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 5, 1984
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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: 10114851, 10115695, 10115696, 10115697, 10115698, 10115699, 10115700, 10115701, 10115702, 10115703.