Thunderstorm Wind in Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Thunderstorm Wind August 8, 2023 · Plymouth County, Massachusetts

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

In Mattapoisett, there were trees and wires down on North St around Eldorado Dr.

The wider storm

A trough moved from the eastern Great Lakes into the mid Atlantic then New England on Tuesday. Southern New England was in the warm sector of a weak low which provided enough instability for scattered thunderstorms Tuesday morning into early afternoon before the cold front moved through. There was an EF-1 tornado in Mattapoisett and an EF-0 tornado in Barnstable.

Began near Rochester (41.6900, -70.8300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Plymouth County EF0 Barnstable County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1119861. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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