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July 13, 1783 [2]; July 24, 1803 [2]; May 22, 1804 – A small tornado touched down in Flemington in Hunterdon County, which killed a person due to a falling tree. This marked the earliest recorded death in the state from a tornado.
The 1835 Middlesex County tornado, touching down on June 19, 1835, was the deadliest tornado recorded in New Jersey's history. It destroyed all but two of twelve houses in Piscataway and killed five in New Brunswick, where it struck what is now part of downtown along a path through (or near) what is now Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital property, the site of Monument Square, and George ...
The storm system affected five states with severe weather, including hail up to 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) across, thunderstorm winds up to 90 mph (140 km/h), and 17 tornadoes. [1] Several towns in New York and Connecticut were particularly hard-hit. Several homes were leveled in Schoharie, New York, and extensive damage occurred in Bantam, Connecticut.
The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. It was the deadliest tornado since SPC records began in 1950. Nearly 1,000 were injured. The EF5 tornado had ...
Since 1950, New Jersey has had a total of 203 tornadoes and only one tornado death, in 2003. "The fact is that most tornadoes in New Jersey are small, they're not on the ground for all that long ...
The most devastating event was the Huntsville, Alabama F4 tornado, which killed 21 on the afternoon of November 15. Nine more fatalities occurred at a single elementary school by an F1 tornado on November 16 in Newburgh, New York , although further survey revealed that this might have been a downburst instead.
Brooks was serving a 12-year sentence at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Marcy, a small town a couple miles northwest of Utica in Oneida County, for stabbing his long-time girlfriend in April ...
The tornado touched down in Leake County, initially snapping numerous trees at EF1 intensity as it moved through heavily forested areas. [25] The tornado proceeded to reach EF2 intensity as it completely destroyed a mobile home and a metal building. Three cars were tossed nearby, and a frame home lost most of its roof, sustaining EF1 damage.