**ALERT! Tornado Hits Springfield, MA Super Cell Headed East

The Weather Channel
June 1, 2011
Roofs off Houses trees down overturned tractor trailer
10 miles tall storm debris to 5000 ft 1 mile across twister.

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• tropical severe
• cloud
• twister

[TruNutnumba1]

hope it doesn't get any worse

[rachelabombdotcom]

@TruNutnumba1 It weakened but another rotating super cell is forming behind it.

[oldwarhorse1865]

Rach, would I be wrong assuming this is an uncommon occurance?

[rachelabombdotcom]

@oldwarhorse1865 They had an f 4 about 40 years ago but about 10 years ago was the last one. Pretty unusual but not impossible. It's weakening but still under a warning til 8:45 another funnel just formed again in Springfield area. crazy...

[DeutschKSK]

@rachelabombdotcom

F5 came through Worcester in 53. Lots of thunder lightning and hail here in Worcester..

[rachelabombdotcom]

@DeutschKSK Thanks for the report stay safe!

[mountaingoat47]

crazy summer

[thewhitesnake100]

i remember that i was very lucky i live in cape cod so i was very lucky

[Nickanie1234]

I was staying after school this day for practice for a band concert. We have a bomb shelter under our track. It was really scary running to the shelter. I saw the clouds rotating and i had my clarinet in my hand. i almost got struck by lightening. Im from the blackstone-millville school system and they went that far. but we didnt get hit by the tornado. really close though

[4136god]

We in pittsfeild had a pretty bad storm. Big trees fell wich isn't common here. And about 30 min later I see this on twc.(the weather channel)

[nintendoboy90091]

@oldwarhorse1865 This is semi rare, i live in this area, we are in a valley, so usually the mountains to our west tend to disappaiate this sort of weather, but on this day there was no way to stop these storms.

[redsoxbaddog]

i was tracking the tornado at my house in braintree and getting ready to film but no tornado but it was a nice lighting show watching the Stanley cup playoffs tv was going in and out

[DaTViperKid]

wen it hit we had no damn warning i came like 5 min before it hit, if i was still on the damn hill i would have died, o let me say tht again i stayed after school and my teacher said we had a tornado warning but ashored me we will not most likely not have one, but she was wrong, if it wasnt for the rain i would have been the 5th death from tht tornado, it was crazy though the next morning i went out to see the damage and houses wer fucking destroyed and i saw lots of news trucks

[montanashan101]

@clubpenguinrules03 Not really.

[1Suncatcher]

Update. This same tornado came through my town, Wilbraham. NWS declared it a "strong" EF3. They also confirmed Wilbraham was also hit by an EF1 from this same storm. This tornado stayed on the ground for 39 MILES - from Westfield to Sturbridge, MA.

4 killed / over 200 injured. Hundreds of homes badly damaged and thousands of senior trees, demolished. The downed trees are now a major fire hazard as they dry out in the summer heat - like a 39-mile long "wick". Serious stuff, folks.

[clubpenguinrules03]

JUNE 1ST!!??!!? IT IS JULY RIGHT NOW! :O Very Close