The National Weather Service has determined that at least one tornado Occurred in central Massachusetts on Saturday The 6th. They are unsure if the widespread damage was from one or several tornadoes. The actual damage tracks on Saturday were discontinuous. When we see discontinuous damage paths. It could be due to a tornado lifting back up and then touches back down some place within a couple of miles; or Separate tornadoes that occur from the same storm cell going in the same general direction, This is normally more than two miles from the 1st tornado location. Sometimes this is called skipping. But tornadoes don't really skip, sometimes the tornado looks like it has disappeared, as the visible condensation funnel becomes hard to see or is no longer visible. But trust me the tornado is still there and very dangerous. This phenomenon can occur if there are pressure changes within the tornado or the tornado is ingesting dry air.
Looking over the damage survey information, to me it looks like there were at least two tornadoes. Damage surveys showed the first was an EF1 in Paxton, with another EF1 occurring in Holden.
To be classified as an EF1 tornado. The estimated wind speed is anywhere from 86 miles an hour to 110 miles an hour.
The tornado damage survey teams also found tornado damage In the towns of Berlin and Stowe. The damage in these areas was consistent with EF1 damage as well . It is unclear If this was two separate tornadoes Or one that lifted from one location to the other. In addition to this the survey teams also looked at the damage around the towns of Otis and Blandford where they determined it was straight line wind damage from downburst and not a tornado.
The National Weather Service is still trying to determine what went on and I'll have more when they release more information.
There was a video that showed a tornado well above ground moving with the storm system.It was easy to see it was a tornado,the clouds were traveling east then the video shows something a bit lighter than the clouds ( they were almost black) and had a spin just below the clouds.This was around Haydenville.Some people are saying that a funnel cloud was seen Southeast of Plainfield.If true that was further North than was expected.
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