Thunderstorm Wind, Erie
- When
- September 30, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Erie County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -80.180
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 30, 1986
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Erie
- When
- September 30, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Erie County
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -80.180
Tornado, Crawford
- When
- September 30, 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -79.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- September 30, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -80.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Venango
- When
- September 30, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Venango County
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -79.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- September 30, 3:48 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -80.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- September 30, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -80.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegheny
- When
- September 30, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Allegheny County
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -79.820
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.
- 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
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: 10117188, 10117189, 10117190, 10117191, 10117192, 10117193, 10117194, 10117195.