Thunderstorm Wind, Barnstable
- When
- July 9, 2:13 AM EST
- Where
- Barnstable County, Orleans to Eastham
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -70.000
Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 9, 1996
Early morning thunderstorms brought several lightning strikes and damaging winds to Martha's Vineyard and the outer portion of Cape Cod. A weather spotter reported numerous tree limbs blown down on Martha's Vineyard.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
Early morning thunderstorms brought several lightning strikes and damaging winds to Martha's Vineyard and the outer portion of Cape Cod. A weather spotter reported numerous tree limbs blown down on Martha's Vineyard. On outer Cape Cod, numerous tree limbs were blown down in Orleans. Power lines were down across Route 6 in Eastham. Hail was reported in Harwich and power outages occurred in Brewster. A house was hit by lightning in Dennis.
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:13 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Utah, July 9, 1996
- Tornado and Hail in Connecticut, July 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 9, 1996
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5582026.