Based on the damage survey, the National Weather Service says the Roseland tornado earlier this week was rated an EF-1 with peak estimated winds of 90 mph.
It was on the ground for two and a half miles with a width of 150 yards.
The tornado touched down near Hwy 51 and Roseland Ave where several trees were found uprooted and numerous large branches snapped in a wooded area.
The tornado was estimated to be moving northeast at 45 mph. It tracked across Holloway Rd where several trees were found uprooted or snapped. Dozens of trees were uprooted or large branches snapped a quarter-mile southeast of Hwy 10 along East Russell Town Rd.
The most concentrated damage was surveyed along Hwy 10 near Harden Ln where numerous trees were uprooted and multiple homes sustained significant damage. One double-wide manufactured home was lifted off their foundation blocks and the roof torn. Windows were blown out on the north and east sides of the house. An outhouse on the property was destroyed and one of the wooden posts pierced through the front windshield of an SUV on the property.
Another home sustained significant damage from a large uprooted tree that fell through the roof.
There were multiple first-hand reports of debris being lofted as the tornado moved through.
The tornado continued to track northeast but observed damage was more sporadic (and difficult to access on the ground) in the last 2 miles of the 6-mile long track, before lifting near Rt 1054 and Bryce Hyde Rd.
