People in Beaver County get ready to remember the upcoming 40th anniversary of a tornado that killed three people on May 31st, 1985

(File Photo: Caption for Photo: Tornado with dark storm clouds)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) May 31st, 2025 is the 40th anniversary of the deadly tornado in Beaver County that killed three people, injured over 100 and left about 200 homes destroyed or damaged. According to a Beaver County Times report, the tornado first touched down in Beaver County around 8:15 p.m. in Chippewa Township, west of McKinley Road and north of 37th Street. The tornado went for homes in North Sewickley Township on Gillen Road from the Beaver River in its path.