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The 1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak, referred to as the Barrie tornado outbreak in Canada, was a major tornado outbreak that occurred in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, on May 31, 1985. In all 44 tornadoes were counted including 14 [2] in Ontario, Canada. It is the largest and most intense tornado outbreak ever to hit ...
On Friday, May 31, 1985, a short-lived, but devastating, violent F4 tornado affected the City of Barrie, Ontario, Canada.The tornado was part of a larger outbreak that spanned both the preceding and the following day.
The tornado season of 1985 saw very little action in the winter months, and even the spring wasn't particularly notable until the massive May 31 outbreak, one of the most intense and deadliest in modern American history, which saw 44 tornadoes kill 88 people in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, Canada.
By all accounts, May 31, 1985, was a hot and humid, but typical, Friday in Beaver County. With an eye on the weekend, people worked, shopped, ran errands while children played outside in the ...
1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak: May 31, 1985: U.S. – Canadian Eastern Great Lakes: 44: 90 fatalities: Unusual tornado outbreak was among the most intense recorded, the largest such outbreak in the region. Violent tornadoes devastated towns in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario. Long-track tornado produced F5 damage in ...
May 31, 1985 – An F4 tornado downed trees and power lines in Ashtabula County before moving into Erie County in Pennsylvania. The tornado would go on to kill 12 people in Cranesville, Pennsylvania. A strong F3 tornado damaged over 40 homes in Bundysburg, and several vehicles were heavily damaged.
Strange as it seems to say this week, but Tallahassee doesn't get that many tornadoes. Only about 30 have been recorded since 1945. Here's the list.
May 29 – An FU tornado in Kornos, Cyprus kills one person. [18] May 30 – A long-tracked tornadoes passes through Elkader, Iowa killing two and injuring 25. [16] May 31 – June 1 – A historic tornado outbreak involving 44 tornadoes caused 89 deaths and over $600 million in property damage across Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario. [10]