Windsor Locks, Connecticut, tornado
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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. It received a rating of F4 on the Fujita scale, one of only three F4 tornadoes in Connecticut's history.
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Formed | 3:00 PM EDT, 3 October 1979 |
F4 tornado | |
on the Fujita scale | |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 3 |
Injuries | 500 |
Damage | $420 million (1979 USD)($1763 million 2024 USD) [1] |
Areas affected | North-central Connecticut |
Part of the Tornadoes of 1979 |
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