On this day in 1985 a massive international, multi-regional tornado outbreak occurred wreaking havoc in both the United States and Canada. Forty-one (41) tornadoes struck northern Ohio, western Pennsylvania. and southern Ontario resulting in 76 fatalities. Among the storms were an F5 tornado and six F4 tornadoes. The F5 tornado struck Trumbull County, Ohio. An F4 tornado, considered the worst of this event, touched down in the area of Jamestown, Pennsylvania. It traveled 56 miles killing 23 and destroying hundreds of homes and other properties.
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This one got be me without notice.... was finishing 8th grade and a bit distracted with school and sports and hormones and such... I had not idea this happened in a year that was particularly brutal for disasters some of which I do remember like Nevado del Ruiz-Armero and Mexico City, etc.
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