Sickman Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 I'm getting some conflicting information on how far north the track went. Some maps have it crossing the MA/CT line and going into Agawam; others have it lifting as it gets to Suffield, CT, and possibly a different tornado touching down further north. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Grazulis has it as one tornado with a path length of 18 miles from n ct into s mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U_Thant Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Grazulis has it as one tornado with a path length of 18 miles from n ct into s mass. Was just about to say what you said. when in doubt, go with whatever Tom Grazulis says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Was just about to say what you said. when in doubt, go with whatever Tom Grazulis says. He was making tornado porn back in the days of VHS, I had some. Back in the 90s, I think. The Tornado Project, or some such. I believe it had a guy in a mobile home park videotaping his own mobile home park getting torn apart and I think the taper himself was injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Was just about to say what you said. when in doubt, go with whatever Tom Grazulis says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Neat old footage CT Rain posted this on Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 This was an incredible tornado, not only for its strength (F4), but the time of year it occurred (October!). Here's a historical website on the tornado, the Windsor Locks Fire Department... http://www.wlfd.com/mediagallery/album.php?aid=79&page=1 The New England Air Museum, located at Bradley Airfield (International Airport), was extensively damaged by the tornado. I thought they had a display on the tornado, but not sure if they still do. Their website is... http://www.neam.org/ --Turtle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sickman Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 This was an incredible tornado, not only for its strength (F4), but the time of year it occurred (October!). Here's a historical website on the tornado, the Windsor Locks Fire Department... http://www.wlfd.com/mediagallery/album.php?aid=79&page=1 The New England Air Museum, located at Bradley Airfield (International Airport), was extensively damaged by the tornado. I thought they had a display on the tornado, but not sure if they still do. Their website is... http://www.neam.org/ --Turtle No warning was ever issued. We weren't even under a STS watch. In fact, the news didn't even mention it until it was already over. It seems almost incomprehensible that even back then, an F4 could be on the ground for 18 miles without any warning issued. I lived in Springfield at the time. My dad was working in Enfield, and was coming home from work around 3:30... he said he ran into a downpour so bad he had to pull over. My friend was in elementary school in Feeding Hills... just as they were going to get on the bus, the teachers got the students back inside, and the tornado took off part of the auditorium roof. Two weeks afterwards, I was riding on Route 75, and drove by the air museum. The wreckage was incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 No warning was ever issued. We weren't even under a STS watch. In fact, the news didn't even mention it until it was already over. It seems almost incomprehensible that even back then, an F4 could be on the ground for 18 miles without any warning issued. I lived in Springfield at the time. My dad was working in Enfield, and was coming home from work around 3:30... he said he ran into a downpour so bad he had to pull over. My friend was in elementary school in Feeding Hills... just as they were going to get on the bus, the teachers got the students back inside, and the tornado took off part of the auditorium roof. Two weeks afterwards, I was riding on Route 75, and drove by the air museum. The wreckage was incredible. It was incredible, that's for sure. I saw a video from one of Ryan's competitor stations (WWLP) on the 30th anniversary of the tornado. They stated that the now former BDL radar didn't see it because it was too close ("cone of silence'), which is why there was no warning. Ironically, now a couple of the TV stations out there have radars that can see the low topped severe storms that ALY and BOX radars can overshoot. Also, the report online did state that the tornado lifted in Feeding Hills. I tried to find info on the NCDC Storm Data website, but there wasn't much info there. As for a severe thunderstorm watch, can't speak to that one. --Turtle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 There is an interesting anecdote regarding this storm. ABBA member Agnetha Faltskog was on a private plane headed from New York to Boston the afternoon of October 3, 1979. The plane was severely buffeted by the storm and forced to land in Manchester, NH. While Agnetha was severely emotionally shaken by this event, she pulled herself together and performed in an ABBA concert in Boston that evening. However, when she arrived in Washington, DC the next day for a scheduled ABBA concert that evening, she fell apart. The concert was cancelled, and a cover story was put out that Agnetha had been "felled by a fever" -- see Washington Post, October 6, 1979, p. B-3. The true story did not come out for many years. There is a good account of what happened at http://star4abba.blo...979-boston.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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