Tornado, Adams
- When
- June 24, 4:45 PM EST to 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Adams County, McKnightstown to 5 mi SW of McKnightstown
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -77.400
Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 24, 1996
A small F1 tornado touched down 5 miles southwest of McKnightstown. A broken path of damage began near Mt.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 CTP wrote it up.
A small F1 tornado touched down 5 miles southwest of McKnightstown. A broken path of damage began near Mt. Carmel Church and extended northeast across Poplar Spring Creek to 1-1/2 miles southwest of McKnightstown. Several residences sustained structural damage due to falling trees near Mt. Carmel Church. Trees were blown over iin forests and orchards along the path. Peak winds probably did not exceed 90 mph.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 24, 1996
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- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 24, 1996
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- Tornado in Maryland, June 24, 1996
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: 5570692.