What the record says
On 24 May 1962, a tornado touched down near Waterbury, Connecticut. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 11.6 miles long and up to 120 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 1 person and injured 50.
- F3Fujita rating
- 1death
- 50injuries
- 11.6 mipath length
- 120 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 41.55, -73.12 and the end point at 41.60, -72.88 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Connecticut
- Thompsonville, Connecticut tornado3 October 1979, F4, 3 deaths, 500 injuries, 11.3 miles long
- New Haven, Connecticut tornado10 July 1989, F4, 40 injuries, 3 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1962
- Pace, Florida tornado31 March 1962, F3, 17 deaths, 100 injuries, 6.9 miles long
- Parma, Ohio tornado20 August 1962, F2, 4 deaths, 20 injuries, 0.5 miles long
- Anson, Texas tornado25 May 1962, F3, 1 death, 1 injury, 4.1 miles long
- Lynch, Nebraska tornado29 May 1962, F4, 24.2 miles long
- Circleville, Kansas tornado6 August 1962, F4, 3 injuries, 11 miles long
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