Friday, August 26, 2005

Updated information on the Stoughton Tornado

Updated information on the Stoughton Tornado.

You can read the original post here.

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These are the final stats from the National Weather Service on the tornado itself:

TORNADO ONE...
   BEGINNING TIME     615 PM                PATH LENGTH  20.0 MILES
   ENDING TIME        708 PM                MAX WIDTH    1/2 MILE
   DURATION           53 MINUTES            DEATHS       1
   BEGINNING LOCATION 2.0 N OREGON          INJURIES     21
   ENDING LOCATION    2.2 N BUSSEYVILLE     F-SCALE      F3
                         /JEFFERSON CO./

If this tornado had been 5 miles due north at it’s starting point, it would have passed directly over where I live.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

See also: www.stoughtontornado.org