National Weather Service Confirms 3 Tornados Touched Down in RI on Saturday

National Weather Service Confirms 3 Tornados Touched Down in RI on Saturday

The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that Saturday’s severe storms produced three tornados that touched down in Rhode Island.

According to the NWS, at around 5 PM Saturday evening the first tornado, an EF-1, touched down in Stonington, CT. The highest wind speeds were around 90 miles per hour

The tornado uprooted more than 70 trees, ripped a gutter off a home, and lifted several trampolines from homes. There were no injuries.

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The tornado continued northeast into Westerly, RI where 20 trees were uprooted.

An EF-1 tornado has wind speeds of 86 to 110 miles per hour.

The second tornado, an EF-0, touched down in North Kingstown, RI just before 5:20 PM and traveled 1.5 miles into Wickford, Rhode Island, according to the NWS.

Multiple power poles were snapped in half by the tornado, and one home was damaged by a fallen tree. There were also no injuries reported from this tornado.

A third tornado was confirmed by the NWS. It touched down in Plainfield, CT, and traveled to Foster, RI. It did some damage along its 6-mile path and has also been rated an EF-0.

An EF-0 tornado has wind speeds of 65 to 85 miles per hour. We saw those winds in the nor’easter just a few weeks ago!