Tornado Touched Down in Foxboro Near Mansfield/Easton on Saturday Evening

A tornado with maximum wind speed of 105 m.p.h. and a rating of EF-1 touched down in a small neighborhood in Foxboro near the Mansfield/Easton line at 8:17 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, 2023, and likely lasted about a minute or two, reported NWS Boston, MA on Sunday.

 No major damage to homes was observed, but a chimney may have been knocked down by a fallen tree. Additionally, several locations in the neighborhood "had several large trees up to 2 feet in diameter snapped at the trunk," said NWS Boston in a Public Information Statement on Sunday night.

NWS Boston estimated the path of the tornado to be about 25 yards wide. The tornado's path is estimated to have run about 300 yards or about 0.16 miles.

An EF-1 rating indicates a "weak" tornado with wind speeds of up to 110 mph. It is the second weakest tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. At the other end of the EF Scale are EF-4 and EF-5 tornadoes, which are "violent" and have wind speeds of up to 200 m.p.h. and beyond, respectively.

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