Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Hartford County, Connecticut, October 24, 1955
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length0.5 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (41.72, -72.62) to the end point (41.72, -72.62), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- October 24, 1955, 4:35 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Connecticut
- Counties
- Hartford County
- Path
- 0.5 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on October 24, 1955
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 1955 | F2 | Vermont | 1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24, 1955 | F2 | Connecticut | 0.5 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24, 1955 | F1 | Massachusetts | 3 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24, 1955 | F1 | Massachusetts | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24, 1955 | F0 | New Hampshire | 14.6 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.