Windsor Locks, Connecticut Tornado
- Windsor Locks, Connecticut Tornado
Infobox tornado single
name = Windsor Locks, Connecticut Tornado
image location = Windsor Locks tornado damage.jpg
date = 1979-10-03
time = 3:00 PM
fujitascale = F4
total damages (USD) = $442 million (1997 USD)
total fatalities = 3
area affected = North-central ConnecticutThe Windsor Locks, Connecticut tornado struck on October 3, 1979. The short-lived but intense F4 tornado caused three deaths, 500 injuries, and more than $200 million in property damage along an 11-mile path.
The tornado touched down in Poquonock, Connecticut, a section of the town of Windsor, just north of Hartford, Connecticut in the Connecticut River valley. It traveled north through the town of Windsor Locks, Connecticut before dissipating in the town of Suffield, Connecticut, just south of the Massachusetts state line.
The path of the tornado crossed the northern portion of Bradley International Airport, and many vintage aircraft at the nearby New England Air Museum were damaged or destroyed.
ee also
*List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
*List of Connecticut tornadoes
References
External links
* [http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0493(1987)115%3C1655%3ATWLCTO%3E2.0.CO%3B2 The Windsor Locks, Connecticut Tornado of 3 October 1979: An Analysis of an Intermittent Severe Weather Event]
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