New Hampshire, 1999

Tornadoes in New Hampshire, August 13, 1999

August 13, 1999 · NWS GYX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A tornado touched down in the town of Plainfield (Sullivan County) near Ladieu Road, just south of Pratts Corners. From there, the tornado travelled east, uprooted hundreds of trees, blew out windows, and ripped the roof off a mobile home.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$100,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.

A tornado touched down in the town of Plainfield (Sullivan County) near Ladieu Road, just south of Pratts Corners. From there, the tornado travelled east, uprooted hundreds of trees, blew out windows, and ripped the roof off a mobile home. The storm then crossed Route 120 and Interstate 89 before dissipating over the town of Enfield in Grafton County. Damage from the storm was semi-continuous along it's 8-mile path; maximum width of the damage path was about 250 yards near the point of touchdown.

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:32 UTC.

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Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Sullivan

When
August 13, 8:30 PM EST to 8:37 PM EST
Where
Sullivan County, East Plainfield to 4 mi E of East Plainfield
Rating
F1
Path length
7 mi
Path width
250 yd
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
43.580, -72.320

Tornado, Grafton

When
August 13, 8:37 PM EST to 8:39 PM EST
Where
Grafton County, Enfield Center to 2 mi SSW of Enfield Center
Rating
F1
Path length
1 mi
Path width
250 yd
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
44.580, -72.150

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.

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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: 5714605, 5714606.