HoarfrostHubb Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Some were enjoying a ballgame. Some were chasing funnels Post your memories , radar captures, videos, pics here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CT Rain Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 We put together this web page with some links and radar grabs. https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/weather-news/stories/remembering-the-2011-massachusetts-tornado/2495528/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 This is the Banacos, Ekster, & Dellicarpini paper https://www.ejssm.org/ojs/index.php/ejssm/article/viewArticle/105 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 NEPM cited table 1 today showing the strongest tornado damage potential index days in New England and the nice thing was we didn't have to update it in the last decade. The Cape Cod tornado day might have been the closest to make the bottom of the list. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Top five event for me, even though I didn't personally experience the tornado. I vividly remember having an early morning thunderstorm with hail and ferocious lightning, which often seems to be the case with higher end severe in NE. By 9 or 10 a.m., the sun was out, the castellanus was popping and I knew it was game on. Sadly I couldn't get out of work in time to chase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 What a beast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 37 minutes ago, Hoth said: Top five event for me, even though I didn't personally experience the tornado. I vividly remember having an early morning thunderstorm with hail and ferocious lightning, which often seems to be the case with higher end severe in NE. By 9 or 10 a.m., the sun was out, the castellanus was popping and I knew it was game on. Sadly I couldn't get out of work in time to chase. Assuming you were in Cambridge? Yeah we had nasty storms in the morning. That was the EML moving in. That night was the most prolific night show I can remember. CGs like War of the Worlds. Knocked out the power and ended up listening to the Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals by radio. An old coworker is an avid storm chaser and he said that was Plains lightning. Just constant strobes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, Hoth said: What a beast. Dam that was a good shot. Can see the whole thing rotating on the corner there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 1 minute ago, CoastalWx said: Assuming you were in Cambridge? Yeah we had nasty storms in the morning. That was the EML moving in. That night was the most prolific night show I can remember. CGs like War of the Worlds. Knocked out the power and ended up listening to the Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals by radio. An old coworker is an avid storm chaser and he said that was Plains lightning. Just constant strobes. Bingo. It was an awesome display of what happens when everything comes together. Second only to 1953 in Massachusetts I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Dam that was a good shot. Can see the whole thing rotating on the corner there. The roar is damn impressive as well. I think this is about where it peaked and the three body scatter signature was noted on radar scans from lofted debris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Hoth said: The roar is damn impressive as well. I think this is about where it peaked and the three body scatter signature was noted on radar scans from lofted debris. Yeah peaked in the forest there in Brimfield and Monson. Monster stove pipe and arguable wedge. Crazy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 I chased that day. We rt 2 instead of 90. All-time mistake. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 I will never forget that day. Incredible excitement tracking the synoptic setup turning to sheer dread after seeing the city I spent 20 years of my life directly in the path of a EF-3 tornado. Initially unable to get ahold of my parents, who missed the tornado by 1 mile in Forest Park Springfield, but relieved to find out they were out and unable to find a path home but were safe. It took longer to hear from by brother in law's parents, who missed it by about .3 miles in Sixteen Acres Springfield. My Mom's cousin's house lost a roof near Plumtree Road. My wife was so pissed that I left her at 9 months pregnant to go run to Springfield while there was still severe weather and tornado warnings even after the initial tornado, but I had to see the damage and try to find out more. I still drive through the tornado scarred areas somewhat regularly. Never ceases to amaze me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 My favorite 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/272ead74dfe348a4a0f10b3b619c9003 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Still say it was a 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailstoned Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Shrapnel from the Monson Library's slate roof embedded in the porch of a residence across Main Street. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggiebot Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Still say it was a 4 It was a 4 and Worcester ‘53 was a 5. Grazulis was pretty clear on that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailstoned Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Scoured: Brimfield State Forest where the tornado was at its greatest strength and breadth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monadnocks Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 4 hours ago, CT Valley Snowman said: I will never forget that day. Incredible excitement tracking the synoptic setup turning to sheer dread after seeing the city I spent 20 years of my life directly in the path of a EF-3 tornado. Initially unable to get ahold of my parents, who missed the tornado by 1 mile in Forest Park Springfield, but relieved to find out they were out and unable to find a path home but were safe. It took longer to hear from by brother in law's parents, who missed it by about .3 miles in Sixteen Acres Springfield. My Mom's cousin's house lost a roof near Plumtree Road. My wife was so pissed that I left her at 9 months pregnant to go run to Springfield while there was still severe weather and tornado warnings even after the initial tornado, but I had to see the damage and try to find out more. I still drive through the tornado scarred areas somewhat regularly. Never ceases to amaze me. Small world! My parents used to live on Plumtree Road in Springfield. Their neighbors called to tell them about the tornado coming; they had seen it from their attic windows. My old high school got hit that day. That neighborhood (north side of Plumtree Rd.) definitely took some damage. Luckily my folks were OK and stayed with my sister for a while. I think their power was out? The house was fine, thank goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 8 hours ago, Hailstoned said: Shrapnel from the Monson Library's slate roof embedded in the porch of a residence across Main Street. Great pictures. There was an oak next to my aunt's house that had a slate embedded several inches into it by the Hamden F4 back in '89. Wild stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 10 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: My favorite That's the video I was looking for. Incredible. Look at those trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 47 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: That's the video I was looking for. Incredible. Look at those trees. F4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 4 hours ago, CoastalWx said: That's the video I was looking for. Incredible. Look at those trees. That vid is flex seal approved. holy cow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 14 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said: That vid is flex seal approved. holy cow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewbeer Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 The TOR went by my office in downtown Springfield, it had people running for the basement. Awesome sight, never seen a TOR before or since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCD17 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 I was working outside in the metrowest area and heard the tornado reports on the radio so I called it a day. By the time I got back to the office in Framingham the lighting was picking up. We were living in Scituate, MA at the time and that evening was the most intense lighting I've ever seen, by a mile. It was the only time I've ever been nervous about lighting while inside a house. Funny story about '53...both of my parents grew up in Holden and my poor grandmother raced down to Indian Lake in Worcester to grab my aunt and uncle at some point immediately before/after the storm. Then the transmission in her car goes and the only gear that works is reverse, so she has to drive the whole way back to Holden in reverse with all the chaos around her. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 This was one of the few severe events here where I was following the models like I would for a winter threat. Like 36-48 hours out and closer I remember a bunch f us posting soundings in the thread. The numbers were so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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