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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
600 AM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
...SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS WEEK CONTINUES -- TORNADOES IN
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN 2025...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) BOSTON, MA HAS DECLARED APRIL
20 THROUGH APRIL 24 AS SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS WEEK. EACH DAY
THIS WEEK WE WILL HIGHLIGHT A DIFFERENT PREPAREDNESS TOPIC.
IN A TYPICAL SUMMER SEASON, SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AVERAGES 2 OR
3 TORNADOES. LAST YEAR WAS A BIT ABOVE NORMAL WITH 5 TORNADOES IN
NWS BOSTON'S JUSISDICTION. ALL WERE ON THE WEAK SIDE WITH EF-0
AND EF-1 RATINGS ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE, WHICH RANGES 0 TO
5.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR ARROWHEAD
DR. IN PAXTON, CROSSING RICHARDS AVE AND LIKELY LIFTING AFTER
CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE IN ITS PATH. SEVERAL SOFTWOOD
TREES SNAPPED AT THE TRUNK OR WERE UPROOTED.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR A SECTION
OF SOUTH RD. IN HOLDEN, MA. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO SEVERAL
SOFTWOOD TREES BRING UPROOTED.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - AN EF-1 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN OVER
WILLOW BROOK RD. IN HOLDEN CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF BARNES
HILL RD IN BERLIN, MA AND TRAVELED ENE CROSSIGN DERBY RD. AND
WEST ST. MANY SOFT OR HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AT THE TRUNK OR
UPROOTED.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN STOW, MA NEAR
MAPLE ST. AND CONTINUED ENE OVER BOSE AVE. CAUSING SIGNIFICANT
TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO LIFTED SOMEWHERE NEAR HARVEST DR. AND
TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ABOUT 1.25 MILES ENE JUST WEST OF PACKARD RD.
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.
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