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This tornado spurned research into the relationship between tornadogenesis and local topographyterrain, which seems to indicate that conditions are pretty good for tornadoes has indicated that the north-south orientation of the Hudson and Housatonic valleys increase lower level wind shear when the surface wind is southerly, increasing the likelihood of tornadoes forming in a local "Hot Spot" extending from the mid- Hudson valley, NY to Berkshire County, Massachusetts MA and Litchfield County, ConnecticutCT. (Local Tornado Hot Spot)
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