National Weather Service, Holden and Tornado
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Trees "folded into themselves" according to residents, with multiple properties experiencing fallen trees and scattered debris.
Tornado hits Holden, MA; rainy Sunday expected in Boston with clearing skies and calmer weather forecasted for the week.
The National Weather Service kept the alerts churning as a line of severe thunderstorms swept across Massachusetts Saturday with an EF1 tornado confirmed in Holden. First came the T-storm updates, then the tornado warnings,
Following a tumultuous day of severe weather and even a tornado, some residents are dealing with the aftermath.
New information out of Worcester County, where we’re following developments after a tornado touched down in Holden during Saturday’s storm.
The National Weather Service confirmed two EF1 tornadoes touched down in Worcester County, specifically in Holden and Paxton.
Tornado warnings shook Massachusetts as a twister hit Holden, uprooting trees and cutting power. The alerts stirred memories of the deadly 1953 Worcester tornado, raising urgent questions about whether New England could again face a storm of that scale amid volatile weather patterns.