Figure 1 depicts the surface observations at 2:00 am EDT, which shows a stationary front across Ontario and Quebec and a cold front across the U.S. Midwest. This was Massachusetts only documented tornado of 1960.
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The Essex County, MA F0 tornado of July 13, 1960 impacted Essex County in Massachusetts. According to NOAA (2019), the F0 tornado caused no fatalities or injuries, but caused $30 dollars in property damage. The tornado touched down in Essex County south of Riverside Drive at 5:00 pm EDT. The tornado travelled for 0.1 miles and had a maximum width of 33 yards.
Sources
NOAA Central Library. (2019). U.S. Daily Weather Maps. Wednesday July 13, 1960 [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/