Reports of Damage After Tornado-Warned Storms Hit New England
Multiple thunderstorms showed signs of rotation, and some quite strong at times, as they moved across southern New England on Tuesday.
DATED RADAR: This was the Taunton, MA radar about 20 minutes ago (4:15 p.m. ET) when a tornado-warned storm was moving through. We are hearing reports of tree and home damage in parts of Rhode Island and Mass. Please stay weather aware as these storms move through! #MAwx #RIwx pic.twitter.com/xcUq0deMGI
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) October 23, 2018
Local residents caught the storms on camera as they moved by. There were multiple videos of funnel clouds, waterspouts, and even apparent tornadoes.
Several thunderstorms have shown signs of rotation in southern New England today. Here's video from Bourne, MA courtesy Glenn Bryant. US National Weather Service Boston MA is gathering info on these storms. Any news/updates are appreciated!
Posted by WeatherNation on Tuesday, October 23, 2018
The National Weather Service office near Boston, MA said it was extremely busy Tuesday as the office phone was ringing off the hook. The office issued a tornado warning that included its own location in Taunton! NWS Boston says it has not confirmed any tornadoes yet, but meteorologists have been deployed the survey storm damage Tuesday evening.
We have no confirmed reports of tornadoes anywhere in southern New England at this time. We are working on getting any such confirmation, but it will be a while before we do. Please bear with us.
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) October 23, 2018
We have a survey team heading our to North Providence, RI and Lincoln, RI. It will be a while yet before we get any word on the damage reported there.
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) October 23, 2018
Charlestown, RI funnel cloud 10-23-18
Check out this funnel cloud spotted in Charlestown, Rhode Island associated with today's storms in New England! Video courtesy Jared Elwell via eweather
Posted by WeatherNation on Tuesday, October 23, 2018
The storms were associated with a strengthening low pressure system that will bring much windier and colder weather to New England Wednesday. The storms are not anticipated to impact the Game 1 of the World Series in Boston Tuesday evening. Meteorologist Mace Michaels wrote about the forecast here.
The same low pressure system will bring heavy snow to parts of northern New England including Maine overnight into Wednesday morning!
For WeatherNation, Meteorologist Steve Glazier