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F1 tornado in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Tornado September 27, 1993 · Bucks County, Pennsylvania

F1
Rating
2.5 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$5.0M
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The tornado touched down near Neshaminy High School and moved NE through Langhorne to near Country Club in Yardley. In addition to numerous trees downed, extensive structural damage occurred as the twisted swept through the county. In one instance, the tornado ripped the roof off of an orchard warehouse on Woodbourne Road in Middletown township. The roof landed in the road over 100 feet away. One car in the parking lot was damaged. As a result of the downed utility poles and trees, 20,000 customers lost power countywide and three schools cancelled classes because of power outages. Although no injuries resulted from the tornado and associated thunderstorm, in a related incidence, a Bell of PA technician on a repair call in Eastown Township, Chester County, was killed when he came in contact with a downed power line.

Began near Neshaminy (40.2300, -75.1300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10343792. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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