One F4 tornado tracked 69 miles from Penfield to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, and destroyed an estimated 88,000 trees in the Moshannon State Forest. Advertisement. Advertisement.

In one ferocious stroke, a tornado ripped the town of Albion, Pennsylvania, to pieces. That’s what you would have heard on the news — 40 years ago, an F4 tornado ripped through the town of Albion.

Mike Fitzpatrick was the fire chief in Great Barrington in 1995, when a deadly F4 tornado hit the town. The tornado damaged or destroyed many buildings and affected many lives. Three people were ...