EF1 tornado in Providence County, Rhode Island

Tornado September 13, 2023 · Providence County, Rhode Island

EF1

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

70 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 70 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

An EF-1 with maximum winds of 100 mph began in a wooded area

between Chopmist Hill Road (Route 102) and Bungy Road in the town

of Glocester, RI here the tornado either snapped or uprooted an

estimated 75 or more, healthy and mature trees. The tornado moved

northeast and crossed Bungy Road before dissipating over an open

field. Most notable, a small outbuilding, used as bus stop shelter

was blown away by the tornado with remnants littered west of the

original location. Some pieces were found an a neighbors roof.

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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Glocester (41.8586, -71.6736).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1146963. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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