Worcester tornado 1953 books

This changed with the oklahoma tornado in the late 1990s and the nashville tornado a year or two later. Worcester, ma tornado 1953 national weather museum. The worcester tornado of 1953 was the singlemost devastating natural disaster to ever hit. It is the deadliest and most destructive tornado to ever hit the new england area.

Otoole, 84 minutes, 94 lives, indicates as many as 94 were killed by this storm. The tatnuck bookseller published a book about this about 10 years ago. If you are interested and knowledgeable about the worcester tornado of 1953. Ive heard limited stories about the tornado in my life. The infamous june 9, 1953, worcester county tornado has been replaced in the record books by sunday nights devastating twister in joplin, mo.

For one of the best books on the subject of tornado field research, read his. The tornado to which i refer is the worcester, massachusetts tornado half a. Flint worcester tornado outbreak sequence, 1953 waco tornado outbreak, 1953 vicksburg, mississippi tornado outbreak, 1953 sarnia, ontario tornado. At the time this book was written, the worcester tornado had the highest tornadic winds in recorded history, at 321 mph. In total, 94 people were killed and over 1,250 were injured. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading 42 miles of hell.

Remembering the tornado of 1953 westborough, ma patch. These 3 storms were also unique in occurring within a 30day period. The front page of the boston globe from june 10, 1953, recorded the most catastrophic tornado ever to hit central massachusetts. On june 9, 1953, a devastatingly powerful tornado hit the city of worcester. It was a stifling spring day on june 9th, 1953, when a merciless black funnel of wind touched down at 4. The photos posted here, taken after the worcester tornado in 1953, were with the items she sent me. Heritage zen photos from the worcester tornado, june 9, 1953. The 1953 worcester tornado was an extremely powerful tornado that struck the city and surrounding area of worcester, massachusetts on tuesday, june 9, 1953.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online. In 2003, to commemorate the 50 th anniversary of the june 9, 1953 tornado, worcester historical museum reached out to the community and asked them to share their stories and images of this tragic date in worcester s history where 94 people lost their lives. Contact and book john today references the great worcester tornado description. Dramatic and detailed narrative of the worcester, ma tornadoof jun 9, 1953. The worcester, ma tornado occurred during the midafternoon time on june 9, 1953. The year 1953 saw some of the deadliest tornadoes in u. The result was an impressive archive of stories, images and film that document the emotional, physical and property. The tornado season of 1953 was one of the worst on record in the. Remembering the tornado of 1953 the devastating tornado ripped through worcester and surrounding towns, killing more than.

Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The 1953 worcester tornado rated an f4, perhaps reaching f5 at times began in petersham. There was even a book published about the event, titled tornado. Worcester, ma f4 tornado june 9, 1953 tornado talk. The storm stayed on the ground for nearly 90 minutes, traveling 48 miles across central massachusetts.

Rare extreme footage from the worcester tornado of 1953. It was part of the flint worcester tornado outbreak sequence, which occurred over a threeday period from june 69, 1953. Per thomas grazulis in significant tornadoes, an f5 rating could have been given to this event. Massachusetts, as william chittick described in his 2003 book on the event. Rare footage taken from the inside the worcester wedge of 1953, the mile wide wedge tornado carved a path through the northeastern parts of a massachusetts this tornado was rated ef4 but possibly.

Remembering the deadly f4 tornado that ravaged worcester. The boston daily globe front page the day after the deadly tornado of june 9, 1953. The 1953 worcester tornado was an extremely powerful tornado that struck the city and. Places of the past, tornado of 1953 worcester, mass. Tornado of 1953 worcester historical museum worcester. The weather doctor almanac 2003 the worcester tornado of 1953. The story of the worcester tornado of 53 kindle edition by worcester telegram and gazette. When it was done, the tornado would go into the record books as one of the 10 most costly in u. When a tornado darkened the quabbin reservoir on j une 9, 1953, and then slashed through a halfdozen towns in worcester county, and worcester itself, tragedy resulted.