set by a hailstone in Coffeyville, Kansas, on September 3, 1970. September 16 Two tornadoes touched down in New York City and brought torrential downpours and heavy wind gusts as they struck parts of Queens and Brooklyn. One tornado touched down in Park Slope and remained on the ground for 2 miles. The other touched down in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and remained on the ground for four miles dissipating near Bayside, Queens. There were reports of downed trees and power lines along with roofs torn off of buildings. One tornado blew down the spire of a 300-year-old church on Main Street in Flushing. The Brooklyn tornado was rated an EF0 and the Queens tornado was rated an EF1. One person is known to have been killed as a result of the storm. In addition, one person was confirmed dead in Belleville, Wood County, West Virginia, by an EF3 tornado where many structures where heavily damaged or destroyed, including camping trailers. Other tornadoes, including several rated EF2, were also confirmed in southeastern Ohio as a result of a supercell that developed that afternoon. In addition, there had been a reported tornado that went through southern Wooster, OH, in which destroyed parts of the Ohio State Campus branch. National Weather Service rated it as an EF2. September 29 (Jamaica) The island of Jamaica was affected by Tropical Storm Nicole. In Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, the storm spawned a very rare tornado accompanied by heavy rains. Although short lived, two homes were destroyed and 12 others were damaged by the tornado, recording a very unlikely occurrence of a tornado in the Caribbean, particularly in Jamaica. October There were 122 tornadoes reported in the US in October, of which 108 were confirmed. October 6 An unusually active severe weather event developed across the Four Corners states. On October 5, a cluster of severe thunderstorms struck Maricopa County, Arizona, particularly the Phoenix metropolitan area, producing very large, destructive hail up to in diameter across the region. The hail destroyed roofs and vehicles, shattered windows, and, in Scottsdale, damaged dozens of aircraft at the Scottsdale Airport. One particularly damaging hailstorm in Glendale destroyed roofs and vehicles, and punctured thirty-four skylights at the St. Mary's Food Bank in Phoenix, resulting in heavy rainfall entering the structure and ruining approximately 20 percent of the food inventory. One person was injured by large hail on a football practice field in