Pennsylvania, 2000

Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 18, 2000

June 18, 2000 · NWS CTP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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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.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lancaster

When
June 18, 6:45 PM EST to 6:50 PM EST
Where
Lancaster County, Gordonville
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
10 yd
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.017, -76.133

This F0 tornado began as a funnel cloud, described by an eyewitness near Bird-in-Hand. The tornado touched down about 7:45 p.m. EDT and moved east for about a quarter mile across fields near the intersection of Leacock and East Gordon Road. Several trees were knocked down, a wagon was overturned, and a small piece of roofing was displaced. The funnel was also sighted by an eyewitness in the Gap area.

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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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: 5148279.