'It just whooshed right by,' Tornado hit Foxboro briefly Saturday, National Weather Service confirms
FOXBORO - A tornado touched down briefly in Foxboro during Saturday's storms, according to the National Weather Service.
The agency confirmed it was an EF-1 tornado that tore through a neighborhood on Windsor Drive just after 8 p.m. near the Mansfield town line. It lasted about a minute and had peak winds of 105 miles per hour.
"It all happened so quickly. It was like 30 seconds," resident Frank Gallagher told WBZ-TV. "It just whooshed right by and it was over just like that."
Some trees came down and one hit a chimney, but no one was hurt. Gallagher's house is surrounded by downed trees, but his house was unscathed.
"I just was shocked when I saw what had happened in such a short period of time," he said.
The tornado's path was about 25 yards wide and 300 yards long. Some neighbors didn't even hear it come through.
"Funny part is only 100 yards away - nothing at all. Not even a leaf on the grass," resident Ed Shea told WBZ.