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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 ...
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.
The Barrie tornado formed from the northernmost of this pair of supercells, was the final member of a long-lived tornado family, and may have consisted of three separate, short-tracked tornadoes. [5] It formed in southern Simcoe County ( Essa Township ), less than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Highway 400 and the Barrie city limits.
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 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]
The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. It was the deadliest tornado since SPC records began in 1950. Nearly 1,000 were injured. The EF5 tornado had ...
While tornadoes are less common in New York compared to regions like the Midwest, they remain a notable and occasionally destructive aspect of the state's weather history. See Rochester tornadoes.