Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- September 14, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Middlesex County, Lowell
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.486, -71.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, September 14, 1995
6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 3
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- September 14, 2:05 PM EST
- Where
- Worcester County, Southboro
- Coordinates
- 42.351, -71.908 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- September 14, 2:29 PM EST
- Where
- Essex County, Swampscott
- Coordinates
- 42.639, -70.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- September 14, 2:32 PM EST
- Where
- Middlesex County, Belmont to Watertown
- Coordinates
- 42.486, -71.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Suffolk
- When
- September 14, 2:35 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk County, Boston
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.356, -71.066 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Plymouth
- When
- September 14, 2:55 PM EST
- Where
- Plymouth County, Brockton
- Coordinates
- 41.987, -70.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A line of thunderstorms moved across parts of central and eastern Massachusetts with wind gusts to 40 to 50 mph. In Lowell, two children received minor injuries when a tree fell on them after it was uprooted by winds gusting to an estimated 50 mph. In Southboro, large tree limbs were downed. In Swampscott, a tree fell on an automobile. In Belmont, Cambridge, and Watertown, tree limbs and a few power lines were reported blown down. In Brockton, two large tree limbs were knocked down. In downtown Boston, a street sign was blown down and hit a man on the head.
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, September 14, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 14, 1995
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 14, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Maine, September 14, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, September 14, 1995
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, September 14, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 14, 1995
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, September 14, 1995
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: 10329164, 10329483, 10329647, 10329165, 10329289, 10329287.