Tornado in Meredith ??

[Captn'J]

I heard on the news the tail end of a tornado touching down in Meridith, NH
yesterday afternoon. Is this true ? Does anyone have any information ?

[Lin]

I heard on the news the tail end of a tornado touching down in Meridith, NH
yesterday afternoon. Is this true ? Does anyone have any information ?

Hi Captn'J, not sure about the tornado but I found this while I was checking the Skywarn spotters page. Half our family are spotters so we were checking out the reports.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

National Weather Service Gray ME
528 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2004

.Time: , event, , City location, , lat.Lon,
.Date: , .Mag, . ..County Location, St.. , source, .

..Remarks..

0430 PM Tstm wnd dmg sanbornton 43.49N 71.58W
08/13/2004 Belknap NH trained spotter

4 Trees down on steele Hill rd, also trees down on upper
Bay rd.

0440 PM Tstm wnd dmg meredith 43.66N 71.50W
08/13/2004 Belknap NH Fire dept/rescue

Multiple trees down across the town.

[xmobe]

I saw some footage of it on the local news. It appeared to be a "waterspout" in Meredith.

[Just Sold]

Channel 9 had a report of a "tornado" with video on Friday. Reported to have happened near Sachem Cove in Meredith. Went from the lake (Water Spout) to the cove with some tree and minor damage to a couple of homes on the shore. The video showed what appeared to be a circular motion but not tighly organized water spout.

[trfour]

"WOW", I hope that somone can post a link or photo of this!

[Mink Islander]

Saw a bunch of trees down in a fairly concentrated area on Meredith Neck Rd on Friday P.M. Probably the cause of the power outage on Bear, Mink and probably other islands late Friday afternoon. Sure looked like there was some isolated violent winds.

[GWC...]

I heard on the news the tail end of a tornado touching down in Meridith, NH
yesterday afternoon. Is this true ? Does anyone have any information ?
There were articles in the web version of the Citizen (http://www.fosters.com/august_2004/08.15.04/news/sea_0815h.asp), under Lakes Region hit, and also (http://www.citizen.com/august_2004/08.14.04/news/sanbornton_08.14_04a.asp).

There is an article in today's Citizen (http://www.citizen.com/august_2004/08.17.04/news/sanbornton_08.17_04a.asp) of August 17, 2004 that states that a tornado event did occur.

[GrandmaBig6]

Is there a someone we can talk to about the weather you guys are having up there. The family and I are coming up at the end of this week to Meredith for our annual two week vacation, and we paid for sunny weather. :)

Look out NH, we are on our way. :D

[RI Swamp Yankee]

A local (RI) TV station aired a home video of the event. It looked like a tornado over water and the newscaster only said this was home video of a tornado near Meredith NH. They didn't give any details about hitting land but it sure looked impressive over the water.

[tc_mike]

There's a still shot here:
http://www.thewmurchannel.com/weather/3656525/detail.html

[Lin]

There's a still shot here:
http://www.thewmurchannel.com/weather/3656525/detail.html

Thanks for the link. By the way you can actually click on a video of the interviews with homeowners and NOAA personnel and see the twister moving over the lake.

[trfour]

I just watched the vidio myself and whomever took the home movie of the water spout, over the water, did a fine job! Looked in the vidio like it was coming right at the person who was filming!