EF0 tornado in Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Tornado August 18, 2023 · Norfolk County, Massachusetts

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

35 yd

Path width

$3K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 35 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado briefly touched down in Stoughton on Eighth Street and

Corbett Street. Sporadic damage along a short path included fallen

trees, one of which fell onto a shed. Part of a fence was blown

in.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Stoughton (42.1146, -71.0730).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Bristol County EF1 Norfolk County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1120136. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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