EF1 Tornado — Plymouth, Massachusetts

2023-08-08 · near Shell Beach, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Event narrative

A small EF-1 tornado touched down in the town of Mattapoisett Massachusetts

at 11:20 AM EDT. The storm was on the ground for approximately 3 minutes.

The storm moved to the northeast at approximately 20 MPH and lifted off the

ground on North Street just north of Eldorado Drive. Numerous large Pine and

Maple trees were uprooted falling in serveral directions. There were also

numerous pine trees along the path that were snapped off between 10 and 20

feet above the ground. The most concentrated damage was found along Eldorado

Drive by Granada Court. The top wind speed was estimated to be 95 mph.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1119867. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.