And by "they", I don't mean the weather guessers. I'm talking about the general USA population that believes that NH doesn't get tornadoes. We certainly don't get the amount of tornadoes as a lot of other areas. And I would hazard a guess that we see more "straight line" events than tornadoes, but we do get a couple a year. Fortunately this one was a weak one yesterday evening when we had severe weather going thru. The video was taken in Charlestown NH (about 38 miles from me - by road).
Disclaimer - the Weather Service has yet to confirm it was a tornado, but by the looks, I'm calling it one.
Great video! As was one of the commentors, I was surprised to see no jiggling of the camera betraying the passage of the tornado over/around the car. The pickup truck driver was a bit slow grasping the situation, I thought, but there must be an explanation for that.
The size/behavior of the tornado reminded me of one that came bouncing down our street in Tulsa (in the early 1940s). You can imagine how freaked out your Grandmother H was over it. Only one house on our street had a basement (the original house that was there when the development was platted from farmland. We awoke most morning to the screaming of pea foul.
Posted by: Cop Car | May 18, 2022 at 06:45 AM
I was surprised that the passage seemed to be so innocuous also (relatively speaking). There were reports in other areas of a vehicle (pickup truck I believe) being rolled to its side. Also, lots of trees and wires down, but really not bad. The Weather gurus determined it was an F1.
Posted by: bogie | May 19, 2022 at 04:20 AM