An area of low pressure deepened as it moved from the Ohio Valley, northeast to the Canadian Maritimes,on October 15. A steep pressure gradient between this storm and high pressure building across the Appalachians, produced destructively strongs winds across Berkshire county.
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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 episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
An area of low pressure deepened as it moved from the Ohio Valley, northeast to the Canadian Maritimes,on October 15. A steep pressure gradient between this storm and high pressure building across the Appalachians, produced destructively strongs winds across Berkshire county. Trees and power lines were reported down throughout the county.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5336001, 5336002.