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1944 : Tornadoes hit West Virginia and Pennsylvania
A spate of tornadoes across West Virginia and Pennsylvania kills
more than 150 people on this day in 1944. Most of the twisters
were classified as F3, but the most deadly one was an F4 on the
Fujita scale, meaning it was a devastating tornado, with winds in
excess of 207 mph.
It was a very hot afternoon when atmospheric conditions suddenly
changed and the tornadoes began in Maryland. At about 5:30 p.m.,
an F3 tornado (with winds between 158 and 206 mph) struck in
western Pennsylvania and killed two people. Forty-five minutes
later, a very large twister began in West Virginia, moved into
Pennsylvania, and then tracked back to West Virginia. By the time
this F4 tornado ended, it had killed 151 people and leveled
hundreds of homes.
Another tornado that afternoon struck at a YMCA camp in
Washington, Pennsylvania. A letter written by a camper was later
found 100 miles away. Coal-mining towns in the area were also hit
hard on June 23. There were some reports that a couple of
tornadoes actually crossed the Appalachian mountain range, going
up one side and coming down the other.
This remarkable series of twisters finally ended at 10 p.m., when
the last one hit in Tucker County, West Virginia. In all, the
storms caused the destruction of thousands of structures and
millions of dollars in damages.
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