EF0 Tornado — Providence, Rhode Island

2023-09-13 · near (sfz)pawtucket St Ar, Providence, Rhode Island

Event narrative

An EF-1 with maximum winds of 100 mph began east of North Central

State Airport along Wellington Road in the town of Lincoln, RI. A

video did show a funnel cloud passing over the adjacent airport

but found no damage. The tornado uprooted a large tree and damaged

am estimated 20' by 30' section of roof on a building across the

street and due north of the uprooted tree. Video provided by

Lincoln Animal Control showed a thin tornado passing at the end of

the facility's driveway and twisting a large branch from a tree.

The tornado moved northeast into a field of solar panels which

uplifted two sections. From here, the tornado likely lifted before

moving across Route 146 at Route 116 which was documented on a DOT

camera. This damage and the tree damage along the path was

consistent with wind speeds between 90 and 100 mph, resulting an

EF-1 rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

Wider weather episode

A frontal system brought a period of heavy rain, flash flooding, and embedded thunderstorms to southern New England from the morning to mid evening. In addition to much tree damage from straight line winds, there was one tornado in Connecticut, 2 in Rhode Island, and 1 in Massachusetts. These all occurred in the afternoon.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1121861. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.