| Weather History for October 3 |
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1964 Hurricane Hilda crossed the Louisiana coastline with sustained winds of 120 mph at Franklin. Hilda killed 38 and produced a total damage of $125 million. An F4 tornado spawned by Hilda cut a 2 mile path through Larose, LA, killing 22 people and injuring 165.
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1979 The first killer tornado of record in October in Connecticut destroyed sixteen vintage aircraft at the Bradley Air Museum in Windsor Locks. The tornado damaged more than one hundred homes causing $200 million damage. Three persons were killed, and 500 others were injured
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Data courtesy of the National Weather Service
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