EF1 tornado in Bristol County, Massachusetts

Tornado June 26, 2024 · Bristol County, Massachusetts

EF1

Rating

0.6 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

A tornado touched down in a wooded area west of Steber Way in

Rehoboth, MA. A number of large hardwood and softwood trees were

snapped and uprooted in the woods and in several yards along the

path. Otherwise, there was no significant damage to homes. The

tornado reached a maximum intensity of 90 mph. The maximum width

of the tornado was 50 yards. This was a very short lived tornado

which was only on the ground for one minute.

The wider storm

Strong storms moved through southern New England overnight bringing a line of very strong winds, some flash flooding, and two tornados to Massachusetts.

Began near Seekonk (41.8018, -71.2939).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Bristol County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1179720. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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