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The MK39 bombs weighed 10,000 pounds and their explosive yield was 3.8 megatons. Compare that to the bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki: They were 0.01 and 0.02 megatons.
It would have spread potentially lethal radioactive dust through all the major Mid-Atlantic cities, from what I understand.
Yes, it does depend on the wind. The book I've been reading does point out that the prevailing winds at that time were to the north east.
I didn't know about any CNN story, but this is the definitive text on the subject: http://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/1594202273Read it and you'll realize that it's only dumb luck and perhaps divine intervention that would explain why we haven't all died from nuclear weapons so far.
