The Fitchburg, MA F1 tornado of June 1, 1956 impacted Worcester County in Massachusetts. According to NOAA (2019), the F1 tornado caused no fatalities, but injured 14 people and caused $25 thousand dollars in property damage. The tornado touched down in Worcester County west of Ashby State Road at 5:40 pm EDT. The path of the tornado was not documented by the Weather Bureau, but it had a maximum width of 33 yards.
Sources
NOAA Central Library. (2019). U.S. Daily Weather Maps. Friday June 1, 1956 [PDF]. Retrieved from https://library.noaa.gov/Collections/Digital-Collections/US-Daily-Weather-Maps
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2019). Storm Events Database. Retrieved from: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/
