Friday, May 31, 1985, was a spring day like any other. Trees and flowers were in full bloom, Memorial Day weekend was in the rearview mirror, and most residents of Pennsylvania, Ohio and southern ...

44: Number of tornadoes recorded that day in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario. 10: Duration of tornado outbreak that day in hours. 89: Number of deaths from all tornadoes that day. 18: Number ...

On May 31, 1985, an unprecedented 44 tornadoes ripped across Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, and Ontario, Canada. The outbreak produced Pennsylvania's first and only F5 tornado, a violent twister that ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — On the evening of May 31, 1985, a series of large and deadly tornadoes swept across northeastern and central Ohio, leaving wide paths of destruction. Victoria Piasecka, a ...

MERCER COUNTY, Pa. — The last few years have proven that tornadoes do happen in western Pennsylvania. We’ve had dozens of touchdowns since 2021. But nothing has ever come close to what happened forty ...

(WKBN) – It’s been 40 years since the 1985 tornado outbreak, and there hasn’t been another weather event in the Valley that has compared since then. Decades later, we are more equipped and prepared ...