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EF1 tornado in Providence County, Rhode Island

Tornado June 26, 2024 · Providence County, Rhode Island

EF1
Rating
8.6 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width
$60K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Providence County → Bristol County, Massachusetts; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 near Breakneck Hill Road in Lincoln, RI

and traveled to the east-northeast. A number of large hardwood

trees were uprooted, some of which fell onto homes and other

structures in both Lincoln and Cumberland, RI. The tornado

reached maximum intensity of around 100 mph in a few locations.

Other trees were topped and snapped well above the ground. The

maximum width of the tornado was around 100 yards.

The tornado continued to produce tree damage

through Cumberland, RI across the state line into North

Attleboro, MA where it continued to snap and uproot trees before

lifting in the vicinity of Cushman Road.

The wider storm

Strong storms moved through southern New England overnight bringing a line of very strong winds and a tornado to Rhode Island.

Began near Limerock (41.9053, -71.4418).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1179722. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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