National Weather Service classifies West Woodstock storm as EF1 tornado

Broken trees stand on the hill across the Ottauquechee River from the home of Bryon and Jen Lockhart in West Woodstock after a powerful storm swept across the Upper Valley on Thursday, June 18, 2026. Photo by James M. Patterson/Valley NewsThis story by Marion Umpleby was first published in the Valley News on June 22, 2026.WEST WOODSTOCK — Meteorologists from the National Weather Service have deemed the storm that wreaked havoc in the area of Bridgewater and West Woodstock on Thursday an E