The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in central Massachusetts on Sunday morning.
The tornado touched down just before 11 a.m. in North Brookfield, west of Worcester, and had a path of 2 miles in length and 250 yards, estimated about 80 miles per hour as it whirled through the area.
There were no injuries or damage to homes reported.
The only damage it caused was to trees in the area, with the most concentrated damage along Ryan Road.
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Video from the scene showed trees ripped up from the ground and power lines dangling in the streets. Cleanup will likely take a while.
Darin Anderson is the town's deputy fire chief and said fire personnel were checking out the flooding when they saw the tornado come through.
"It was pretty scary for a few minutes," he said. "They noticed it really getting pretty dark. Noticed that the tops of trees were actually starting to do a circle, a rotation, and a lot of debris up in the area.”
According to the fire department, there will be another round of cleanup efforts Monday morning.
"Feel very lucky that it was just what it was and nothing more," Anderson added.
Still, many locals were unaware at the time what was going on.
Gary Hubacz said he just wanted to find where the tornado was.
"I was home, I was on the computer all morning," he said. "Then I found out that there was a tornado up the top of the hill from where I was living!"
According to the National Weather Service, there were several eyewitnesses, though none of them saw the actual funnel.
"One eyewitness was in an auto body shop and reported strong winds making the garage door bow inward. Another eyewitness, the Fire Chief for North Brookfield, saw debris lofted in the air. A third eyewitness described chaotic swirling as the tornado passed by."
The tornado is estimated to have touched down just east of the North Brookfield Wastewater Center, before traveling about 2 miles to the northeast before ending east of the intersection of Ryan and Hillsville roads.
An EF-0 tornado is the weakest type of tornado, causing minor damage with estimated winds of 65-85 mph.
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