New Hampshire Tornado Info

Blog reader Mark wrote:

Marc, you're correct, this event is very newsworthy, especially considering its location. I'm afraid this one has suffered from my being on vacation. You can read extensive articles about it and see photos of the damage on Google News of course, and the NWS has issued a statement saying that the damage was caused by an EF-2 tornado. It also says that New Hampshire averages only two tornadoes per year, and this is the first this year. What it doesn't say is that the state had 16 F-2s from 1950-1995, but only two F3s (Tornado Project).

The photo shown here is a great example of how an aerial survey can help you pinpoint whether damage was caused by a downburst or straight-line winds. Here you can see that the trees are downed in a rotating pattern, indicating that the tornado passed over the house. The NWS lists the fatality location just east of Concord, New Hampshire [Google Map] but the tornado reports, shown below, indicate a long path, in fact their statement listed the path as approximately 40 miles. You can see the approximate path based on spotter reports above. Unfortunately I waited too long to get the archives from RadarPlus but you can see below an archived image at Plymouth State (not working as of this writing); you can get archived Tornado Warnings and Storm Reports from The IEM Cow.