What the record says
On 1 June 2011, a tornado touched down near Springfield, Massachusetts. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 37.6 miles long and up to 880 yards wide, rated EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. It killed 3 people and injured 200.
- EF3Enhanced Fujita rating
- 3deaths
- 200injuries
- 37.6 mipath length
- 880 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it killed three or more people and 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 42.10, -72.75 and the end point at 42.10, -71.99 (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 Massachusetts
- Framingham, Massachusetts tornado9 June 1953, F4, 94 deaths, 1,228 injuries, 34.9 miles long
- East Nassau, New York tornado28 August 1973, F4, 4 deaths, 36 injuries, 9.8 miles long
- Great Barrington, Massachusetts tornado29 May 1995, F4, 3 deaths, 24 injuries, 11.5 miles long
- Thompsonville, Connecticut tornado3 October 1979, F4, 3 deaths, 500 injuries, 11.3 miles long
- Leominster, Massachusetts tornado3 October 1970, F3, 1 death, 35.4 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 2011
- Joplin, Missouri tornado22 May 2011, EF5, 158 deaths, 1,150 injuries, 21.6 miles long
- Athens, Alabama tornado27 April 2011, EF5, 72 deaths, 145 injuries, 132 miles long
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama tornado27 April 2011, EF4, 64 deaths, 1,500 injuries, 80.7 miles long
- Lakeview, Alabama tornado27 April 2011, EF5, 25 deaths, 33.7 miles long
- Smithville, Mississippi tornado27 April 2011, EF5, 23 deaths, 137 injuries, 37.3 miles long
All tornadoes of 2011 · Massachusetts tornado history · All notable tornadoes