Holy Sheep! Tornado in Concord. MA last night! [View all]

‘No injuries. No deaths. Lots of cleanup’ after tornado hits Concord



CONCORD — A rare nighttime tornado, packing winds of up to 100 miles an hour, cut a destructive half-mile path Monday morning, uprooting trees and damaging dozens of homes.

The twister, which touched down around 3:20 a.m., caused significant tree damage and left hundreds of homes without power. But there were no injuries, and somehow just one house sustained significant structural damage, officials said.

“No injuries. No deaths. Lots of cleanup,” said Concord Fire Chief Mark Cotreau, who urged people to stay away from the area because of dangerous downed power lines. Damage was concentrated in the area near Alcott and Independence roads, where trees were uprooted or sheared off at the top by a storm one resident described as “ungodly.”

After assessing the damage Monday to determine whether it was indeed inflicted by a tornado, National Weather Service meteorologist Alan Dunham declared: “I’ve seen enough evidence. This was caused by an EF1 tornado.”

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Photos: Cleanup in Concord after storms hit











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Night time tornadoes are rare. It hit about 3AM.