Tornado History Map

Bedford County, Pennsylvania tornado history

13 tornadoes recorded in or across Bedford County from 1991 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Bedford County

The Storm Prediction Center records 13 tornadoes whose paths touched Bedford County, Pennsylvania between 1991 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F1 on 8 November 1996. The most recent was on 17 June 2025.

  • 13tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 128per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Bedford County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0431%
F1 / EF1969%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Bedford County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 1990s.1990s72000s22010s32020s1

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1990s7
2000s2
2010s3
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Apr.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr4May1Jun3Jul1Aug0Sep2Oct0Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May1
Jun3
Jul1
Aug0
Sep2
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Bedford County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Pennsylvania tornado8 November 1996, F1, 1 injury, 15 miles long
  • Most recent: Pennsylvania tornado17 June 2025, EF1, 1.1 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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