Tornado, McKean
- When
- June 2, 4:45 PM EST to 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- McKean County, Custer City
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -78.670
Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1998
An F1 tornado touched down about 4 miles west of Custer City, leveling a large area of trees in the Allegheny National Forest. The storm crossed Route 219 at Custer City and then moved east along Route 770 for about 4 miles before ending in Tibbets Hollow.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
An F1 tornado touched down about 4 miles west of Custer City, leveling a large area of trees in the Allegheny National Forest. The storm crossed Route 219 at Custer City and then moved east along Route 770 for about 4 miles before ending in Tibbets Hollow. Extensive tree damage was observed within a 1/4-mile wide path, with downed trees causing most of the damage to homes. Thirty-one homes received minor damage, while seven homes were uninhabitable as a result of wind and tree damage. Additionally, the oil museum (a barn-like structure just north of Custer City), was destroyed. Eyewitnesses observed the tornado as it passed through the area.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 117 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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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: 5656946.