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August 7, 1900 – A strong FU tornado struck areas around New Rochelle, snapping trees and destroying multiple well-built structures. The tornado was estimated to have caused $15,000 (1900 USD) in damages, and had an unknown amount of fatalities or injuries. [1] This is one of the first recorded tornadoes to hit New York.
List of confirmed tornadoes – Sunday, June 4, 1950 [note 1] EF# Location County / Parish State Start Coord. Time Path length Max width Summary F0 S of Villa Rica: Carroll: GA: 12:00 2 mi (3.2 km) 200 yd (180 m) Caused $2,500 in property damages. F1 Tucker: DeKalb: GA
The first tornado outbreak to be documented in the new tornado database, this deadly series of intense tornadoes struck areas from the Gulf Coast into the Ohio Valley. The strongest event was an F4 tornado that tore an 82.6-mile-path (132.9 km) near Shreveport, Louisiana, although further analysis concluded that this was likely a tornado family ...
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.
Since 1950, New York has experienced over 500 tornadoes, with the majority being relatively weak EF0 and EF1 twisters. However, the state has also seen a few significant tornado events, including ...
The deadliest year for tornadoes since 1950 was 2011, when 553 people died. This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: This is what you should do in a tornado warning ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
1904 Chappaqua tornado: July 16, 1904: New York: 1: 2 fatalities, 6 injuries: An estimated F3 tornado struck upstate New York. 1904 St. Louis tornado: August 19, 1904: Missouri-Illinois: 1: 3 fatalities, ≥10 injuries: Heavy damage in downtown St. Louis. 1904 Upper Midwest tornado outbreak: August 20, 1904: Minnesota-South Dakota-Wisconsin: ≥8