The severe thunderstorm that moved from the West Bay to the East Bay in RI just after 4 pm on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 may have produced a brief tornado in Barrington and/or Warren, RI. Residents reported a brief period of extremely intense wind and rain, and significant tree damage in parts of Barrington and Warren. Some of the greatest damage in Warren, RI was near Market Street. As you can see in the radar analysis video, that is where the radar picked up on a brief period of strong winds and rotation.
From the National Weather Service regarding our question about whether they would conduct a site survey: There are no plans for a site survey. Although we saw some rotation earlier when the storms were near Block Island, the storms near Barrington/Warren were simply a collapsing core…a strong one, but no rotation so straight-line winds.
0424 PM HAIL BARRINGTON 41.74N 71.32W
09/03/2013 M1.00 INCH BRISTOL RI NWS EMPLOYEE
0426 PM TSTM WND DMG BARRINGTON 41.74N 71.32W
09/03/2013 BRISTOL RI AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE BRANCH AND WIRES DOWN ON PLYMOUTH DRIVE
0426 PM TSTM WND DMG BARRINGTON 41.74N 71.32W
09/03/2013 BRISTOL RI AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE TREE DOWN ON DEVONSHIRE DRIVE. TWO FOOT DIAMETER
TREES DOWN ON THE GOLF COURSE AT RI COUNTRY CLUB. LARGE
BRANCHES DOWN ON MIDDLE HIGHWAY AND NYATT ROAD.
0426 PM TSTM WND DMG WARREN 41.72N 71.27W
09/03/2013 BRISTOL RI AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE BRANCH PARTIALLY BLOCKING MARKET STREET
0426 PM FLOOD WARREN 41.72N 71.27W
09/03/2013 BRISTOL RI AMATEUR RADIO
MAIN STREET FLOODED AND NEAR IMPASSIBLE
0426 PM TSTM WND DMG WARREN 41.72N 71.27W
09/03/2013 BRISTOL RI AMATEUR RADIO
SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS MARKET STREET
0426 PM TSTM WND DMG BARRINGTON 41.74N 71.32W
09/03/2013 BRISTOL RI AMATEUR RADIO
TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON OPECHEE STREET
0428 PM TSTM WND DMG SWANSEA 41.75N 71.18W
09/03/2013 BRISTOL MA AMATEUR RADIO
TREE DOWN ON ROUTE 136