Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- August 4, 6:24 PM EST
- Where
- Essex County, Danvers
- Coordinates
- 42.639, -70.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 4, 1993
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- August 4, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Worcester County, Dudley to Webster
- Coordinates
- 42.351, -71.908 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous trees were knocked down west of Dudley and east of Webster.
Hail, Essex
- When
- August 4, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Essex County, West Peabody
- Measured
- 0.8 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.639, -70.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two trees down in Salem Willows Park. Numerous dime-size hail stones fell at approximately 1845 EST in West Peabody with one or two stones just under the size of a quarter as measured by the son of a NWS meteorologist. Rainfall in Peabody was 1.68 inches.
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- August 4, 6:46 PM EST
- Where
- Essex County, Salem
- Coordinates
- 42.639, -70.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two trees down in Salem Willows Park. Numerous dime-size hail stones fell at approximately 1845 EST in West Peabody with one or two stones just under the size of a quarter as measured by the son of a NWS meteorologist. Rainfall in Peabody was 1.68 inches.
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- August 4, 7:05 PM EST
- Where
- Essex County, Beverly
- Coordinates
- 42.639, -70.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several trees downed. Lightning struck several homes. Damage by fire occurred to one house on Gregg Street after lightning hit a telephone cable entering the house.
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- August 4, 7:20 PM EST
- Where
- Worcester County, Sterling
- Coordinates
- 42.351, -71.908 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A funnel was sighted by a police officer and shortly thereafter strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large oak tree which in turn tore down wires and knocked out power to the southwest section of town.
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- August 4, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Essex County, Hamilton
- Coordinates
- 42.639, -70.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- August 4, 7:43 PM EST
- Where
- Middlesex County, Framingham
- Coordinates
- 42.486, -71.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous wires and trees down in Framingham...especially the south side of town. Lightning caused a fire resulting in extensive damage to a home. Additionally, there were unconfirmed funnel cloud sightings this evening in Arlington Heights, Concord and Stoneham and in all of Boston's north and northwest suburbs. There were numerous reports of pea- to marble-size hail from southeast Middlesex and southern Essex Counties between 1744 EST and approximately 1945 EST, mainly from the northwest to northeast of Boston. Lightning caused numerous power outages and fires but were unable to be detailed due to unknown times and lack of detailed data. Torrential rains fell in parts of Boston's northern suburbs near Route 128.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 4, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 4, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 4, 1993
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 4, 1993
- Damaging Wind in California, August 4, 1993
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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: 10329628, 10329293, 10329629, 10329630, 10329631, 10329294, 10329642, 10329103.