Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996

Name: Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
Start: 1996-07-19T09:20
End: 1996-07-19T09:40
Location: Pennsylvania

July 19, 1996 · NWS PBZ · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A tornado began in Clarion County about 6 miles north of New Bethlehem. It tracked southeast into Jefferson County through Langville.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $10,000
Events: 2

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.

A tornado began in Clarion County about 6 miles north of New Bethlehem. It tracked southeast into Jefferson County through Langville. The tornado lifted 1.5 miles west of Oliveburg.The tornado uprooted trees and rolled a mobile home, about a mile north of Truittsburg in Clarion County. The tornado also damaged some homes and farms, crops and downed extensive swaths of trees along its path. The tornado moved mainly in a straight line and averaged about 100 yards in width.

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:18 UTC.

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Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Clarion

When: July 19, 9:20 AM EST to 9:35 AM EST
Where: Clarion County, New Bethlehem to 6 mi NW of Langville
Rating: F2
Path length: 7.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 41.080, -79.320

Tornado, Jefferson

When: July 19, 9:35 AM EST to 9:40 AM EST
Where: Jefferson County, Langville to 3 mi W of Oliveburg
Rating: F2
Path length: 2.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 41.070, -79.220

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Pennsylvania, 1996 Warnings in Pennsylvania, July 1996

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: 5574560, 5574561.