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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 AM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

In 1953, the worst tornado in the history of New England
tore across Massachusetts.  The massive F4, which some
believe may have been an F5, had a track 46 miles long,
averaged three quarters of a mile wide, lasted 1 hour and
24 minutes and obliterated nearly everything in its path.
Hardest hit was Worcester where, 40 miles west of
Boston, the tornado reached 1 mile wide.  In all, 90 were
killed of which 60 were in Worcester.  There were 1,288
injuries and around $52 million damage; the 2002
equivalent of about $350 million.  Debris from the
tornado landed in Boston and adjacent areas of the
Atlantic.  At the time, it was the costliest tornado in
United States history.

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In 1984, one of three tornado outbreaks to strike the
former Soviet Union rampaged across much of far Western
Russia.  A total of 11 tornadoes occurred during the
outbreak of which 2 were violent.  The most violent, and
deadliest, was an F5 that raced nearly 100 miles from 15
miles south of Ivanovo (located about 160 miles east of
Moscow) to Lunevo.  Reaching one half mile wide, the
tornado killed 92.  (Some reports indicate 95
fatalities.) Around 130 were injured.  Several large
buildings were reportedly swept away.  Numerous vehicles
and other heavy objects were thrown.  The most
astonishing was a crane weighing 355 tons that was thrown
220 yards.  Asphalt was scoured from a highway near
Ivanovo.  The 2nd violent tornado was an F4 with a track
18.5 miles long from Kostroma to Lyubim.  There were no
fatalities but numerous large trees were uprooted and
thrown long distances and a crane, weighing 350 tons, was
knocked over.  Around 400 were killed and 213 injured in
the outbreak.  In 2019, lightning struck & killed a
motorcyclist as he was riding southbound on I-95 just
north of Daytona Beach Florida.  The lightning struck the
cyclist`s helmet; causing it to shatter.  The cyclist and
the motorcycle were thrown about 50 feet.  The man died
at the scene.

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