Thunderstorm Wind, Berkshire
- When
- June 11, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berkshire County, Great Barrington
- Property damage
- $17,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -73.367
Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 11, 2000
A strong back door cold front, moving southwest from Vermont worked its way into Berkshire County on June 11. The air mass ahead of this boundary was hot, humid and unstable.
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
- $26,000
- 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 ALY wrote it up.
A strong back door cold front, moving southwest from Vermont worked its way into Berkshire County on June 11. The air mass ahead of this boundary was hot, humid and unstable. A strong upper level-disturbance propagated along the front and triggered scattered thunderstorms. Two cells became severe. One produced wind damage in Great Barrington, with a few trees down and an estimated gust to 63 mph reported in Alford. The second cell knocked down trees in the town of Alford about half an hour after the first storm went through .
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Berkshire
- When
- June 11, 5:03 PM EST
- Where
- Berkshire County, Alford
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.233, -73.417
Thunderstorm Wind, Berkshire
- When
- June 11, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Berkshire County, Alford
- Property damage
- $9,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.233, -73.417
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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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: 5150658, 5150659, 5150660.