{"id":3692,"date":"2011-06-07T16:50:58","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T22:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=3692"},"modified":"2011-06-07T16:56:58","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T22:56:58","slug":"stunning-satellite-imagery-shows-damage-path-of-deadly-ef3-massachusetts-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/national-weather\/stunning-satellite-imagery-shows-damage-path-of-deadly-ef3-massachusetts-tornado\/","title":{"rendered":"Stunning satellite imagery shows damage path of deadly EF3 Massachusetts tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bay State is not one which is normally associated with tornadoes having only seen 152 twisters in the past 60 years &#8211; up until last week.\u00a0 Massachusetts took a big hit last week though as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/rare-massachusetts-tornado-kills-4-near-springfield-injures-dozens\">a massive tornado ripped through the Springfield area killing four people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Satellite imagery released by the USGS and NASA (below) shows the scar the EF3 tornado left on the earth as it ripped a path 39 miles long. \u00a0The image taken by Landsat shows the path of the half-mile wide tornado as it cut through Sturbridge and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The twister first touched down near Westfield and then moved into Springfield after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/tornado-rips-through-springfield-ma-and-crossed-the-connecticut-river-video\">crossing the Connecticut River<\/a>.\u00a0 Both areas saw extensive damage to buildings and homes as the twister moved through.<\/p>\n<p>As it moved east the tornado debarked trees and struck the town of Monson where extensive damage was seen.\u00a0 It eventually hit Brimfield Sate Forest and then the Southbridge Airport.<\/p>\n<p>When it was done, four people were killed \u00a0and 200 injured. \u00a0Latest estimates put the damage cost at $90 million making it the most costly natural disaster in the state&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>Two smaller, EF1 rated tornadoes also struck nearby on the same day.\u00a0 One caused a damage path 3.6 miles long and the other 1.3 miles long.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Slideshow:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/extensive-damage-seen-across-springfield-massachusetts-wake-of-tornado-picture\">Extensive damage seen across Springfield, Massachusetts in wake of tornado<\/a> (Examiner.com)<\/li>\n<li>Video:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/tornado-rips-through-springfield-ma-and-crossed-the-connecticut-river-video\">Tornado rips through Springfield, MA and crosses the Connecticut River<\/a> (Examiner.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-Ip9DnQZ-LxI\/Te6psFdq0QI\/AAAAAAAAEl4\/jfI_3ESP1rA\/2011-06-07_162403.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Image taken by the Landsat satellite on June 5, 2011 showing the damage path from an EF3 tornado that struck Massachusetts on June 1, 2011. (USGS \/ NASA)\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-Ip9DnQZ-LxI\/Te6psFdq0QI\/AAAAAAAAEl4\/jfI_3ESP1rA\/s580\/2011-06-07_162403.jpg\" alt=\"Image taken by the Landsat satellite on June 5, 2011 showing the damage path from an EF3 tornado that struck Massachusetts on June 1, 2011. (USGS \/ NASA)\" width=\"580\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image taken by the Landsat satellite on June 5, 2011 showing the damage path from an EF3 tornado that struck Massachusetts on June 1, 2011. Click the image for a larger version. (USGS \/ NASA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bay State is not one which is normally associated with tornadoes having only seen 152 twisters in the past 60 years &#8211; up until last week.\u00a0 Massachusetts took a big hit last week though as a massive tornado ripped through the Springfield area killing four people. Satellite imagery released by the USGS and NASA &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/national-weather\/stunning-satellite-imagery-shows-damage-path-of-deadly-ef3-massachusetts-tornado\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stunning satellite imagery shows damage path of deadly EF3 Massachusetts tornado<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[41,377,142,460,732,15,145],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3692"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3694,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3692\/revisions\/3694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}