What the record says
On 28 August 1973, a tornado touched down near East Nassau, New York. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 9.8 miles long and up to 313 yards wide, rated F4 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 4 people and injured 36.
- F4Fujita rating
- 4deaths
- 36injuries
- 9.8 mipath length
- 313 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5 and it killed three or more people.
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 42.42, -73.42 and the end point at 42.27, -73.38 (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 New York
- Kiryas Joel, New York tornado16 November 1989, F1, 9 deaths, 18 injuries, 9.1 miles long
- Munnsville, New York tornado8 July 2014, EF2, 4 deaths, 2.5 miles long
- Clinton, New York tornado22 June 2025, EF1, 3 deaths, 2.4 miles long
- Sherman, New York tornado2 May 1983, F3, 2 deaths, 28 miles long
- Brewerton, New York tornado2 May 1983, F3, 1 death, 20 miles long
- Ames, New York tornado10 July 1989, F4, 20 injuries, 42 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1973
- Demopolis, Alabama tornado27 May 1973, F4, 7 deaths, 199 injuries, 139.1 miles long
- Calhoun Falls, South Carolina tornado31 March 1973, F4, 7 deaths, 30 injuries, 22.6 miles long
- Mart, Texas tornado10 March 1973, F4, 6 deaths, 77 injuries, 23.3 miles long
- Tiffin, Ohio tornado10 May 1973, F3, 6 deaths, 100 injuries, 50.1 miles long
- Pearsall, Texas tornado15 April 1973, F4, 5 deaths, 12 injuries, 23.3 miles long
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