 Destroyed houses in Windsor Locks. Image by Windsor Locks Fire Department. | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 3:00 PM EDT, 3 October 1979 |
| F4 tornado | |
| on the Fujita scale | |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 3 |
| Injuries | 500 |
| Damage | $420 million (1979 USD)($1763 million 2024 USD) [1] |
| Areas affected | North-central Connecticut |
Part of the Tornadoes of 1979 | |
The Windsor Locks, Connecticut tornado struck the towns of Windsor, Windsor Locks, and Suffield, Connecticut, and Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, October 3, 1979. The short-lived but intense tornado struck without warning and caused three deaths and 500 injuries along its 11.3-mile (18.2 km) track. It received a rating of F4 on the Fujita scale, one of only three F4 tornadoes in Connecticut's history.
- ^ "Windsor Locks Remembers Devastating Tornado 40 Years Later". WWLP. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2023-04-07.