Confirmed Total |
Confirmed EF0 |
Confirmed EF1 |
Confirmed EF2 |
Confirmed EF3 |
Confirmed EF4 |
Confirmed EF5 |
Confirmed EF6 |
Confirmed EF7 |
93 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
To many people in New England the outbreak is known as the Great Halloween Outbreak. The strongest tornado of the outbreak was a 4 mile wide EF7 tornado that flattened Albany, New York at 7:15P.M. on October 31 with winds up to 450MPH. The outside warning system in Albany hadn't given off any warning yet and there was no rain, hail, or tailwind/frontwind that would've given it off that a tornado was approaching. Many people did see the tornado but is so large that they didn't recognize it as a tornado. In all the tornado killed 1,000 people, Half of which were trick-or-treaters and caused $4.3billion dollars in damages on it's path from Rutland, Vermont to Scranton Pennslvania. Other tornadoes such as 2 twin EF5 tornadoes struck Washington D.C. and College Park Maryland. Those tornadoes killed 1,900 people, 800 of which were trick-or-treaters and caused $6.9billion dollars in damages on Oct 31 at 6:59P.M. An EF6 tornado ripped through NYC at 6:47A.M. with winds up to 400 MPH. It killed 2,014, most were asleep at the time, and caused $7.1billion dollars in damage.
The Augusta MA Tornado | |
Date of tornado outbreak: | Oct 31- Nov 1 |
Duration1: | 21 Hours, 39 Minutes, 2 Seconds |
Maximum rated tornado2: | EF7 tornado |
Tornadoes caused: | 93 |
Damages: | $21.5 billion (2016 USD) |
Fatalities: | 3,387 |
Areas affected: | New England |
1Time from first tornado to last tornado |