Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- June 23, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Essex County, Methuen
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -71.180
Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 23, 1999
Isolated severe thunderstorms moved across parts of Essex and Norfolk Counties. In Essex County, a severe thunderstorm downed trees and wires in Methuen, and also produced golf ball sized hail.
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
- 3
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.
Isolated severe thunderstorms moved across parts of Essex and Norfolk Counties. In Essex County, a severe thunderstorm downed trees and wires in Methuen, and also produced golf ball sized hail. In Norfolk County, another severe thunderstorm produced dime sized hail in Norfolk.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Essex
- When
- June 23, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Essex County, Methuen
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -71.180
Hail, Norfolk
- When
- June 23, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Norfolk County, Norfolk
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -71.320
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
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Missouri, June 23, 1999
- High Surf in California, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, June 23 to 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, June 23 to 26, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, June 1999
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: 5705080, 5705081, 5705082.