Tornado, Worcester
- When
- August 8, 9:25 AM EST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.020, -71.580
Tornado and Hail in Massachusetts, August 8, 1986
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Franklin
- When
- August 8, 9:12 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.520, -72.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Suffolk
- When
- August 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Suffolk County
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -71.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Norfolk
- When
- August 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Norfolk County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -71.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- August 8, 10:03 AM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.350, -71.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- August 8, 10:25 AM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -70.920
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Rhode Island, August 8, 1986
- Tornado in Michigan, August 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Maine, August 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 8, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 8, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 8, 1986
- Hail in Missouri, August 8, 1986
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Massachusetts, 1986Warnings in Massachusetts, August 1986
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10039094, 10039093, 10039095, 10039096, 10039097, 10039098.