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EF1 tornado in Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Tornado June 6, 2026 · Fayette County, Pennsylvania

EF1

Rating

14.9 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

$192K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Washington County → Washington County → Washington County → Fayette County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

NWS Storm Survey confirms tornado near Linn.

The wider storm

Ahead of an approaching cold front and aided by leading shortwave-induced ascent, a cluster of thunderstorms tracked across southeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania producing wind damage, several tornadoes, and a few instances of large hail. Moist southerly flow pulled upper 50s to low 60s dew points with surface temperatures in the mid 70s allowing for sufficient destabilization up to 1500 J/kg of MLCAPE, 35-40 knots of effective shear, and 50-150 m2/s2 of 0-1 km SRH to support an all hazards threat.

Began near Albany (40.0257, -79.8613).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Fayette County EF1 Westmoreland County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1345719. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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