F1 Tornado — Orleans and Essex, Vermont

1993-09-03 · Orleans and Essex, Vermont

Event narrative

Rte. 105 and the County Line to 1 NW Island Pond,The first tornado to touch down in the state in several years hit the northeast corner of the state during the evening of September 3rd. The tornado first touched down near the top of Hinton Ridge in Westmore where it leveled the kitchen section of a house and did extensive damage to the remainder of the structure. The kitchen section of the house was an addition and the house was believed to be the oldest dwelling in Westmore. The tornado continued in a northeasterly direction to Rte. 105 before crossing the road near the East Charleston-Brighton town line, the tornado downed numerous trees and power lines and took the roofs off several barns. The tornado destroyed a Christmas tree farm and 70 to 80 acres of a maple orchard. Car windows were broken and other houses in the area sustained minor damage from fallen trees and tree limbs. The strangest occurrence during the tornado was that a man ended up underneath a chair in his living room in which he had been sitting only moments before the tornado struck.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 10355004. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.