EF0 Tornado — Newport, Rhode Island

2019-10-02 · near Quonset Pt Nas, Newport, Rhode Island

Event narrative

A small EF-0 tornado produced damage in Portsmouth, RI and lasted for only

about one minute. Most of the damage was concentrated in the area from

Prospect Farm Road to Sea Meadow Drive.

The damage consisted of a few uprooted and snapped trees but there was also

damage to the wall of a garage that was bowed out when the wind entered the

garage through an open garage door. Eyewitnesses reported lawn furniture and

tree limbs lofted into the air which were thrown several hundred feet away.

This was also the area where several videos showed a funnel touching down.

Sporadic straight-line wind damage occurred for a half mile farther south

on Ethel Drive, Fairview Lane, and Sherwood Drive where there were a few

downed trees and large tree limbs.

The tornado formed at the collision of two boundaries, one which came in

from the north and the other which came in from the east.

Wider weather episode

A cold front pushed southward through the region into warm, moist air mass, which formed an isolated weak tornado in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The tornado formed at the collision of two boundaries, one which came in from the north and the other which came in from the east.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 855241. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.