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A severe tornado, likely an F4, it smashed through the north side of town, completely destroying dozens of houses. At least 29 people were killed in that town (likely 34), the most by any tornado event in Connecticut history. A third tornado moved through Durham and Killingsworth, unroofing houses but again causing no injuries. [23] [24]
The Windsor Locks, Connecticut tornado struck the towns of Windsor, Windsor Locks, and Suffield, Connecticut, and Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, October 3, 1979. The short-lived but intense tornado struck without warning and caused three deaths and 500 injuries along its 11.3-mile (18.2 km) track.
A map of towns which reported damage. Not all of these damage areas were definitely tornadic, and some tornadoes hit more than one town. [4] [5] Between 1953 and 2004, there was an average of one tornado per year within the Connecticut. [6]
“Since 1950, there has never been a tornado recorded in CT or RI in the month of November," the NWS tweeted. “MA last recorded a November tornado on 11/07/1971.” “MA last recorded a ...
1878 Wallingford tornado; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 23–30, 1961; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14–31, 1962; Windsor Locks, Connecticut, tornado; July 1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak; 2006 Westchester County tornado
Two tornadoes caused damage in northeastern Connecticut and eastern Massachusetts amid downpours over the weekend.
The Worcester Tornado killed as many as 94 people in Worcester, Massachusetts, on June 9, 1953, and the Wallingford Tornado killed as many as 34 in Wallingford, Connecticut, on August 8, 1878. These two tornadoes, both estimated to be of F4 intensity on the Fujita scale , killed more people than the rest of the tornadoes in the region's ...
1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak Damage to trees in Hamden, Connecticut Type Tornado outbreak Duration July 10, 1989 Highest winds 90 mph (140 km/h) (Non-tornadic winds) Tornadoes confirmed 17 confirmed Max. rating 1 F4 tornado Duration of tornado outbreak 2 ~14 hours Largest hail 2.5 in (6.4 cm) Fatalities 0 fatalities (+1 non-tornadic), 150+ tornadic injuries Damage >$154 ...