EF1 tornado in Bristol County, Massachusetts

The storm that produced the Rhode Island tornado produced a second

tornado as it crossed into Massachusetts, just over the Cumberland

line in North Attleborough.

Many trees were snapped or uprooted on Mendon Road near the

intersection of Monticello Drive. An eyewitness saw swirling

debris before taking shelter in her home. From there, damage was

more sporadic. A home on Mary Ann Way had its third floor window

blown in. Additionally, there were a number of downed or snapped

trees on Lisa Drive. The tornado then lifted briefly before

touching back down in Mansfield along Gilbert Street, where it

sheared several large trees near their tops, one of which fell on

a car. An air conditioning unit, estimated to have weighed 1000

pounds, was knocked over on the roof of a one-story commercial

building.

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes. In the warm sector dewpoints surged into the mid 70s with PWATs near 2 inches which led to torrential downpours. Tornadoes occurred in Scotland, Ct, Scituate, RI, North Attleboro, MA, Stoughton, MA, and Weymouth, MA. The tornadoes ranged in intensity from EF-0 to EF-2.