NOUS41 KBOX 091347 PNSBOX CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-100200- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 947 AM EDT Tue Sep 9 2025 ...NWS Damage Survey for 09/06/2025 Tornado Event Update #1... NWS Boston meteorologists conducted a storm survey in central MA regarding the storm damage that occurred on Saturday, September 6th, 2025. The survey team found evidence of brief EF-1 tornadoes in Paxton, Holden, Berlin, and Stow MA. There were 5 separate tornado touchdowns across these areas which are listed in greater detail below. Damage was primarily uprooted trees...soft and hardwood trees with sheared trunks. Some trees fell on or near houses and vehicles, but fortunately, there were no injuries or fatalities reported. Many eyewitnesses got the alerts on their cell phones and heeded the warnings issued. They also recalled the freight train noises and felt the pressure changes in their safe spots when the tornadoes passed through. Special thanks to MEMA and these towns' respective police and fire departments for their assistance and resources used for this survey. .Paxton/Richards Ave... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 100 mph Path Length /statute/: 0.17 miles Path Width /maximum/: 50 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 09/06/2025 Start Time: 04:02 PM EDT Start Location: Paxton / Worcester County / MA Start Lat/Lon: 42.317 / -71.9292 End Date: 09/06/2025 End Time: 04:03 PM EDT End Location: Paxton / Worcester County / MA End Lat/Lon: 42.3177 / -71.9261 Survey Summary: Tornado briefly touched down near Arrowhead drive in Paxton, crossing Richards Ave and likely lifting after causing significant tree damage in its path. Several softwood trees snapped at the trunk or uprooted. Survey was partially conducted with drone footage provided by Holden Fire Department, special thanks to them for their assistance. Also special thanks to Paxton Fire Department for bringing the survey team to the damage site. .Paxton/ South Road... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 94 mph Path Length /statute/: 0.13 miles Path Width /maximum/: 100 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 09/06/2025 Start Time: 04:06 PM EDT Start Location: 2 ENE Paxton / Worcester County / MA Start Lat/Lon: 42.3216 / -71.8904 End Date: 09/06/2025 End Time: 04:07 PM EDT End Location: 2 ENE Paxton / Worcester County / MA End Lat/Lon: 42.3226 / -71.8883 Survey Summary: Tornado briefly touched down near a section of South Rd in Paxton. Damage was limited to several softwood trees being uprooted. .Holden Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 104 mph Path Length /statute/: 0.15 miles Path Width /maximum/: 100 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 09/06/2025 Start Time: 04:08 PM EDT Start Location: 1 SSW Holden / Worcester County / MA Start Lat/Lon: 42.3332 / -71.8618 End Date: 09/06/2025 End Time: 04:09 PM EDT End Location: 1 S Holden / Worcester County / MA End Lat/Lon: 42.334 / -71.8591 Survey Summary: EF1 tornado briefly touched down over Willow Brook Rd in Holden causing significant tree damage. .Berlin Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 104 mph Path Length /statute/: 0.60 miles Path Width /maximum/: 150 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 09/06/2025 Start Time: 04:25 PM EDT Start Location: 1 W Berlin / Worcester County / MA Start Lat/Lon: 42.3854 / -71.6642 End Date: 09/06/2025 End Time: 04:27 PM EDT End Location: 1 W Berlin / Worcester County / MA End Lat/Lon: 42.3878 / -71.653 Survey Summary: EF1 tornado touched down west of Barnes Hill road in Berlin, MA and traveled ENE crossing Derby road and West street. Many soft or hardwood trees snapped at the trunk or uprooted. Survey was conducted using drone footage supplied by Berlin, Police Department. Special thanks to their team for their assistance. .Stow Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 104 mph Path Length /statute/: 2.38 miles Path Width /maximum/: 100 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 09/06/2025 Start Time: 04:30 PM EDT Start Location: 2 E Bolton / Middlesex County / MA Start Lat/Lon: 42.4298 / -71.551 End Date: 09/06/2025 End Time: 04:34 PM EDT End Location: 1 NW Stow / Middlesex County / MA End Lat/Lon: 42.4425 / -71.5077 Survey Summary: An EF1 tornado touched down in Stow, MA near Maple street and continued ENE over Bose Avenue causing significant tree damage. The tornado lifted somewhere near Harvest Drive and touched down again about 1.25 miles ENE just west of Packard road and continued across Carriage lane before lifting again. This tornado caused significant tree damage with several hard and softwood trees uprooted or snapped at the trunk. && EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories: EF0.....65 to 85 mph EF1.....86 to 110 mph EF2.....111 to 135 mph EF3.....136 to 165 mph EF4.....166 to 200 mph EF5.....>200 mph NOTE: The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the events and publication in NWS Storm Data. $$ For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NWSBoston You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
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Five confirmed separate tornadoes on Saturday the 6th
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I know with all the improvements and developments in weather forecasting that obviously Getting the word out about tornadoes has greatly improved.
ReplyDeleteYears ago while hunting Mt.Gilespe in Handcock Vt,I came into an area I had been to dozens of times,as I approached the area climbing up a bit of a hill I could see that the area I was going to had been logged off.I was a bit surprised because just 5 months earlier I had hiked in that area scouting a new location just to the North.I reached the spot and it was not men that logged this area but nature.The area was mostly large Oak with some massive Beech and away from the hardwood's was a decent size Spruce Jam.It was gone every tree but the bases of the trees had no cut from a chain saw.It was gone didn’t find as much as a root ball.The area was over 200 yards wide,I know that because I chose a spot where I could see at least 100 yards in each direction,in a very spots it was somewhat wider.
All the trees were down the side and piled up like the game pick-up sticks.The area had a line down through it that looked like a giant rodo tiller had gone through it.I went along the edge looking but not believing.I had seen spots like this before in other areas in the Mountains along Rt.100 but nothing close too this.
I stopped at the General Store for gas and something too drink,told the lady behind the counter and asked her if they had experienced a Tornado.She said that they have received Watches and Warnings but a Tornado never came into the valley.I told her what I had seen and she was very interested.Her husband worked at the Bowl Mill a company that made bowls of every size from wood.She asked and I told her where this giant pile of trees was and left.
The company’s logger's went too the spot and took out enough logs too last them for two years.
That fall when we drove to the end of the road there was a skidded and a logging road into the spot.A huge pile of logs sat piled at a loading platform.My friend who had just returned from overseas where he was a Seabee wanted to see the spot I Told him about.I said there is nothing left and I don’t feel like walking up there.He climbed on the skidder, started it up and up we went.The area was still a mess but the loggers had cut 100 maybe more trees into workable lengths.The root balls were ripped apart with a drop and the soil was pushed into the trench.They were completely going too clean this area.Twenty years later the area was thick with new growth but where the damage ended was still noticeable.
This Mountain is close too or over 4000 feet.My question is in the late 70's and 80's did the NWS radar pick these up and if so would they go to a spot that secluded too investigate.As I said I saw several of these areas,all at the top of these Mountains.I certainly was not the only person out of our 15 man camp that saw this type of area that was a testament to the raw power that is around us everyday.
Interesting story thanks for sharing. As far as tornado detection Back in the 70s. The national weather service had the old WRS-57 radar along with radar still hanging around from world war 2. It wasn't until Great tornado super outbreak in 1974 That the effort was started to improve radar detection for severe weather especially for tornadoes. Back in the 70s into the 80s Radar coverage was spotty Also communication systems of that time Didn't allow Warning warnings to To get out quickly, some areas couldn't even get them. So many tornadoes Undetected and unwarned. It took several years To expand and build the current WSR88 Nexrad weather radar.The modern system Is constantly improving and and radar software and logarithms are becoming more and more capable of detecting tornadoes. But even now tornadoes can slip through the net and avoid detection. Has technology continues to improve And our overall knowledge of tornadoes increases These Tornadoes That slip through And become less and less. 40 years ago warning times for tornadoes was only a couple of minutes at best. But now warning times have greatly improved and we now most people have several minutes to prepare and get ready.
DeleteI wonder how many lives have been saved with the improvements.
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