Tornadoes! In Maine!
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:38 am by T.J. Del Santo under General Talk, Weather and Science
Yes, they get tornadoes in Maine. And so do we here in RI (remember last year’s crazy summer?)
Well, Maine had three tornadoes in one week!!! It’s a much bigger state obviously, but still…New England is not tornado country! There have been some memorable tornadoes in New England, however. The two biggest were probably the Worcester Tornado on June 9, 1953 and the Great Barrington Tornado on May 29, 1995. Both twisters were F4 tornadoes with winds of 206 to 260mph!!!!!!! In fact, here is a story about the Great Barrington storm from my friend Meteorologist Adam Strzempko at our sister station WWLP in Springfield, MA:
Going back to the Maine tornadoes, take a look at some of the damage from these photos. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
Courtesy of the Bangor Daily News….Tornado destroys a garage in Aroostok County, ME on May 31st
Courtesy of the National Weather Service Caribou, ME. Notice the different directions the trees fell. This was from a tornado with winds of 110 mph on May 24th in Eagle Lake in Maine.
Courtesy of the National Weather Service Caribou, ME. Some divine intervention during a tornado on May 24th?
On June 9th, I’ll post a story about the Worcester Tornado of 1953. That story is truly amazing!!!!
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WOW i didnt think they had tornadoes like that in Maine
i am so fascinated by tornadoes and thunderstorms. i’m looking forward to the storm season this summer! here’s to hoping none are as destructive as the ones shown above. loss of property/life is never a good thing.
You should see the damage from the storms that we had yesterday up here in Maine. We had 3 Tornadoes, i think we are going for an all time record with tornadoes