Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- July 7, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -70.650
Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 7, 1989
9 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
Event by event
9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- July 7, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.650, -71.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- July 7, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -70.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- July 7, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.630, -71.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- July 7, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -70.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Suffolk
- When
- July 7, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Suffolk County
- Coordinates
- 42.330, -71.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- July 7, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -71.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- July 7, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.650, -70.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- July 7, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -70.870
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Essex | 1989-07-07 | Direct |
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 7, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 7, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 7, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 7, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 7, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 7, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 7, 1989
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 7, 1989
- Hail in South Dakota, July 7, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 7, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 7, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 7, 1989
More
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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: 10040243, 10040244, 10040245, 10040246, 10040247, 10040248, 10041098, 10041099, 10041100.