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Massachusetts Tornado Confirmed: Concord Gets Hit
The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado came through Concord overnight.
CONCORD, MA — The National Weather Service has confirmed that an E1 tornado came through Concord overnight Sunday into Monday.
The NWS said that the tornado had a half-mile damage path with maximum winds of 100 mph.
The most recent tornado in Massachusetts before the overnight one in Concord was June 23, 2015, when an EF0 tornado hit Wrentham. Before that, there was an EF2 in Revere on July 28, 2014, and a EF0 in Stoughton on May 9, 2013.
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According to NECN meteorologist Aaron Perry, the tornado is only the fourth overnight tornado in Massachusetts since 1950.
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On average, between 2005-2014, Massachusetts gets one tornado per year.
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