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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
746 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 09/06/2025 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE #2
UPDATE CORRECTS INITIAL PNS WHICH INDICATED 2 TORNADOES IN PAXTON
AND 1 TORNADO IN HOLDEN. THIS WAS A MISTAKE AS THE TORNADO THAT
OCCURRED ON SOUTH ROAD NEAR THE HOLDEN/PAXTON BORDER WAS IN
HOLDEN, MA NOT PAXTON, MA.
SUMMARY
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
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.
HOLDEN/ 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 HOLDEN,
MA. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO SEVERAL SOFTWOOD TREES BEING UPROOTED.
HOLDEN TORNADO/WILLOW BROOK ROAD
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:
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CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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