May Tornado Was One of New England's Longest

MERRIMACK, N.H. - A New Hampshire tornado in early May was one of the longest tornadoes on record to track through New England, according to a National Weather Service report.

According to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report, the total track length of the May 4 tornado was 36 miles with a maximum width of 300 yards.

"This was the 2nd longest tornado recorded in New Hampshire history and also the 2nd earliest tornado in New Hampshire since records started in 1950," the report reads.

The tornado was rated E-F1 based on the damage in the Town of Warner where winds were estimated to have gusted to 90 to 100 mph.

It started in Charlestown, New Hampshire, just east of the Vermont border in Sullivan County and then trackedeast-northeast for 33 minutes to its endpoint near the town of Webster in Merrimack County, just over 10 miles northwest of the state capital, Concord.

According to the Tornado History Project, the longest tornado path in New Hampshire since 1950 occurred on July 24, 2008, when a 50.46-mile-long EF2 tornado touched down just east of Concord, then tracked northeast near the town of Freedom.

To read the full report from NOAA, visit here.