A shortwave trough moved eastward from the Great Lakes into Northern New England, eroding a mid level cap associated with a subtropical ridge over Southern New England. This allowed widespread showers and thunderstorms to develop over the area resulting in numerous reports of wind damage throughout southern New England and the adjacent marine zones.
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The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
A shortwave trough moved eastward from the Great Lakes into Northern New England, eroding a mid level cap associated with a subtropical ridge over Southern New England. This allowed widespread showers and thunderstorms to develop over the area resulting in numerous reports of wind damage throughout southern New England and the adjacent marine zones.
Despite the amount of damage the storms caused, they did bring some relief from a few days of record high temperatures across New England.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 6:06 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 706 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND BRING AN END TO THE RECORD BREAKING HEAT. DRY AND MORE SEASONABLE WEATHER WILL FOLLOW WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE A BIT ABOVE NORMAL. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MAY BRING A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION SOMETIME LATER SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY BUT TIMING IS UNCERTAIN THIS FAR OUT. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 503 IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT AND CHESHIRE COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE. UPDATED HOURLY TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS...BUT WITH LITTLE CHANGE TO THE REMAINDER OF CURRENT FORECAST. CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN PENNSYLVANIA IS QUICKLY EXPANDING NORTHEAST AND SHOULD REACH WESTERN ZONES AFTER 8 PM. PLS IGNORE THE BAF NOON 99F AND 108HI. TECH WAS WORKING ON THE SYSTEM. HI GENERALLY MAXED WITHIN 2F OF 101 THIS AFTN. ASH AWOS WAS 105 AT 18Z. GHG TD SEEMS INCORRECT AND CONTRIBUTING TO A VERY HI 5PM HI. PNS POSTED ON THE EARLY SEASON SCORCHING HEAT. SVR: WE ANTICIPATE SVR ARRIVING FM THE WSW ACROSS THE BERKS ARD 8 PM AND DYING AS IT REACHES NE MASS COAST ARD 05Z-06Z...POSSIBLY AS SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS WITH GUST 40 KTS AT BOS HARBOR. COOLER BL AIR MOVING NNE FM SRN CT INTO RI AND SE MASS LATE THIS EVE SHOULD REDUCE SVR RISK SE NEW ENGLAND. GOOD CHANCE A CLUSTER OR TWO OF DAMAGING TSTMS THRU THE CT RVR VALLEY INTO THE ORH HILLS THIS EVENING AS PER HWO AND OUR FCST GRIDS. TEMPS AND DEWS WERE MODIFIED TO REALITY THRU THIS EVE AND THEN GFS MAVMOSGUIDE LATE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... GFS MAVMOSGUIDE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS SPLIT 50/50 USING 12Z MOS FM NAM AND GFS. RAISED GFS MAVMOSGUIDE TEMPS IN DRY WNW BL FLOW WITH BRILLIANT DUSTY SS ONCE AGAIN...VALLEYS AND COASTAL PLAIN 20 DEGS WARMER THAN THE PREVAILING 1000-500MB GUIDANCE. THIS IS CLOSE TO THE 4AM KBOX FCST. GUSTS FROM THE NAM MXG HTS AND GFS GUST ALG. BASICALLY BEAUTIFUL WEATHER THIS 24 HOUR PERIOD AND HEAT INDEX 15F COOLER WED NW WINDS WILL BE GUSTY TO 20 KTS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WED JUST AFTER SUNRISE. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL RESULT IN A BEAUTIFUL JUNE DAY FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. DRY NORTHWEST FLOW SHOULD ALLOW FOR A WELL MIXED ATMOSPHERE AND COMFORTABLE HUMIDITY LEVELS. WITH THE STRONG JUNE SUNSHINE WILL FOLLOW THE WARMER GFS GUIDANCE. HIGHS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION SHOULD BE IN THE 80 TO 85 DEGREE RANGE ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CAPE AND ISLANDS WITH THE MARINE INFLUENCE. THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EXPECTED WITH JUST A BIT OF HIGH CLOUDINESS POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...DIMINISHING WIND AND LOWER DEWPOINTS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL INTO THE COOL MID TO UPPER 40S ACROSS THE OUTLYING LOCATIONS OF SOUTHWEST MA/NORTHWEST MA...TO MAINLY THE 50S ELSEWHERE. FRIDAY...PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL ALLOW FOR ANOTHER GORGEOUS DAY ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN THURSDAY. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING BACK OVER OUR REGION COMBINING WITH INCREASING SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES TO RECOVER BACK INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THE MARINE INFLUENCE SHOULD KEEP HIGHS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST IN THE 70S...TO NEAR 80. HAVE FOLLOWED WARMER MAV NUMBERS AS THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BE FAIRLY WELL MIXED. FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND WARMING MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES SHOULD HOLD OVERNIGHT LOWS NEAR THE MEX GUIDANCE NUMBERS...MAINLY IN THE LOWER 60S. WITH INCREASING DEWPOINTS WE MAY SEE A BIT OF PATCHY FOG ALONG THE SOUTH COAST/CAPE AND ISLANDS AS WELL AS THE TYPICALLY PRONE LOCATIONS. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...A COLD FRONT LOOKS TO APPROACH THE REGION SOMETIME SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR NIGHT. SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT SHOULD PUSH HIGH TEMPERATURES ABOVE MEX GUIDANCE WITH THE DOWNSLOPE AND SUPPORT OF GFS 2 METER TEMPERATURE FORECASTS. HIGHS SHOULD REACH WELL INTO THE 80S AWAY FROM THE SOUTH COAST...CAPE AND ISLANDS. AS FOR PRECIPITATION CHANCES...TIMING IS UNCERTAIN THIS FAR OUT. HOWEVER...WILL GO FOR A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE INTERIOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. WE THEN WILL BRING AN AREAS OF SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TOWARDS THE COAST SATURDAY EVENING OR NIGHT. THE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE IN A WEAKENING STATE AS IT APPROACHES THE COASTAL PLAIN WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW ALLOWING FOR A MARINE INFLUENCE. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE REGION BY SUNDAY MORNING ALLOWING FOR A DRY SUNDAY. HOWEVER...TIMING THIS FAR OUT IS UNCERTAIN AND WILL HAVE TO WATCH IN CASE THE FRONT SLOWS UP. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...QUITE A BIT OF MODEL DISCREPANCY THIS FAR OUT. THE ECMWF/UKMET SHOW THAT MONDAY COULD BE QUITE A WARM DAY AWAY FROM THE MARINE INFLUENCE WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE ON THE ECMWF MODEL WHICH HAS 850 MB TEMPERATURES BETWEEN +18C AND +19C MONDAY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...THE GFS/CANADIAN HAD MUCH LOWER HEIGHTS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. LEANED TOWARDS THE WARMER SOLUTION AND RAISED MEX HIGHS ON MONDAY WELL INTO THE 80S AWAY FROM THE MARINE INFLUENCE. THE GFS MOVES THE COLD FRONT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WHILE THE ECMWF HAS IT HUNG UP ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY MORNING. PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY...SO WILL CARRY 25 TO 30 POPS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR A CHANCE OF A FEW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE FRONT. SINCE THE FRONT MAY MOVE SLOWER THAN THE GFS SHOWS...WE DID INCREASE MEX GUIDANCE HIGHS A TAD ON TUESDAY. && .AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... TONIGHT...NUMEROUS TSTMS BDL/BAF 00Z-06Z WITH ISOLATED TSTMS FARTHER EAST BOS/PVD. MVFR WITH ANY STORMS ALONG WITH POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. TSTMS WILL WEAKEN BY 06Z AND THEN PUSH OFFSHORE WITH VFR ALL TERMINALS TOWARD MORNING. MVFR FOG OR HAZE ESPECIALLY ACROSS SE TERMINALS WHERE WIND SHIFT TO NW WILL OCCUR LAST. WED...VFR. OUTLOOK...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...VFR CONDITIONS BUT THERE COULD BE A BIT OF LOCALIZED IFR/MVFR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT IN FOG PATCHES. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...MAINLY VFR BUT A COLD FRONT WILL PROBABLY BRING A PERIOD OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION SOMETIME LATER SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THIS WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN A PERIOD OF IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS TO SOME TERMINALS. && .MARINE... TONIGHT... WEAKENING TSTMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AROUND 05Z. COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE WATERS 2 AM TO 8 AM. SSW WINDS SHIFT TO WNW ALONG WITH IMPROVING VSBY. WED... GEM OF A DAY WITH WNW WINDS BECOMING SW LATE. SHARP HORIZON WITH A NEW AIRMASS OVER NEW ENGLAND. OUTLOOK...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... GENERALLY QUIET ACROSS THE WATERS OVER THIS TIME. SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MAY RESULT IN MARGINAL 5 FOOT SEAS LATER SATURDAY INTO PART OF SUNDAY. HOWEVER...WITH INVERSION OVER THE WATERS LOWERED AND SLOWED DOWN WNA GUIDANCE WAVE HEIGHTS. WE MAY ALSO DEAL WITH FOG PATCHES OVER THE WATERS THIS WEEKEND WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW TRANSPORTING SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE REGION. && .CLIMATE... RECORD HIGHS FOR TODAY... BOSTON - 96 1959 PROVIDENCE - 94 1974...BROKEN TODAY 96 DEGREES AT 216PM BRADLEY/HARTFORD - 97 1974...BROKEN TODAY 98 DEGREES AT 226PM WORCESTER - 91 1984 NEW RECORD 94 PLS SEE PNSBOX BY EVT SUMMARIZING UNUSUAL SCORCHING HEAT THE FIRST PART OF JUNE. && .EQUIPMENT... BAF NOON TEMPERATURE AND ASSOCIATED HEAT INDEX INCORRECT. GHG HI AT 5PM COULD BE INCORRECT DUE TO THE AWOS TD WHICH LOOKS INCORRECT AT 77F. TAUNTON RADAR RTS AROUND 15Z WITH A SOFTWARE BUILD 10 UPGRADE RESULTING IN HIGHER RES DATA OPTION. BLUE HILL NWR TRANSMITTER SERVICING MUCH OF THE BOSTON AREA WILL BE OTS WEDNESDAY ROUGHLY 9AM TO 4 PM FOR A TRANSMITTER CHANGE. && .BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. MA...NONE. NH...NONE. RI...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DRAG/FRANK NEAR TERM...DRAG/STRAUSS SHORT TERM...DRAG LONG TERM...FRANK AVIATION...DRAG/FRANK/STRAUSS MARINE...DRAG/FRANK CLIMATE... EQUIPMENT...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 952 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-NHZ011-012-015-120200- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 952 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 503 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. AIR QUALITY ALERT. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MAZ005>007-013>024-026-RIZ001>008-120200- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 952 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. AREAS INCLUDING THE MERRIMACK VALLEY OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH BOSTONS WEST SUBURBS INTO THE HILLS OF NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND... THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY THAT TONIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ISOLATED REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WE EXPECT THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL GENERALLY REMAIN NORTHWEST OF A BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE LINE...AS THE ACTIVITY SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT ENCOUNTERS A LESS FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ230>237-250-254-255-120200- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM- 952 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY THAT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY SURVIVE THEIR EAST NORTHEAST TREK TOWARD THE COAST JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ANY STORM THAT SURVIVES...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS FROM PLYMOUTH NORTH THROUGH BOSTON HARBOR AND THE MERRIMACK RIVER...MAY PRODUCE A WESTERLY WIND GUST TO 40 KNOTS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. THIS LOOKS TO BE A LOW PROBABILITY AT THIS POINT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 648 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 MAZ002-003-008>011-NHZ011-110130- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- CHESHIRE NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... JAFFREY...KEENE 648 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE BETWEEN 8 AND 930 PM... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD ENTER SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 8 AND 930 PM THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG TO SEVERE WHEN THEY ENTER OUR REGION. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FOR POCKETS OF STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS. A SECONDARY CONCERN IS FOR ISOLATED REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. FRANK
The Albany radar (KENX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:09 UTC.
22 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Four to five inch diameter tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds in multiple locations across Blandford.
Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Multiple trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds in Granville, Westfield, and Southwick.
An amateur radio operator recorded an 83 mph wind gust on his home weather station. Some three foot diameter maple trees were snapped in two by these winds. Another tree was downed by the thunderstorm winds with its roots displacing a shed as it fell.
A roof was blown off a structure on Cabot Street. Multiple trees were snapped in two on Pheasant Drive.
A tree was blown by thunderstorm winds onto a house on Westhampton Road.
An amateur radio operator measured a 64 mph wind gust on their home weather station. A few miles away from this measuring station, trees and wires were downed across Westfield. This includes, a tree that was downed onto a car, blocking the road.
One tree was downed by thunderstorm winds landing on two cars in Westfield. Another tree was downed onto a car in West Springfield.
Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in Leverett and Shutesbury.
Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in at least four locations; including on Lathrop, Mill, and Central Streets.
A house was struck by lightning.
Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
The Automated Surface Observing System at Worcester Regional Airport (KORH) recorded a wind gust of 68 mph. Damage around Worcester was substantial. St. John's Cemetary was closed after 30 to 40 trees two and a half to three feet in diameter were downed by thunderstorm winds. In the midst of this there were also a number of gravestones that were knocked over or damaged in some other way. Other trees in the cemetary had their tops sheared off or were completely stripped of leaves. Numerous trees were downed across the city of Worcester. A garage door was blown out of a building on Pleasant Street and wind blown debris shattered several of the windows of a Sovereign Bank Branch. Four inch diameter branches were downed by these winds at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. In addition, trees were downed in Leicester. Much of the damage information included here was taken from local newspaper articles. The newspaper didn't identify a specific time when the damage occurred; however, it is assumed from radar observations and ASOS observations that the bulk of the damage occurred around the time of this 68 mph wind gust.
Trees and wires on Main and Day Streets were downed by thunderstorm winds. This resulted in a power loss to much of the west side of Leominster. In addition, numerous trees were downed throughout Fitchburg, including on Bemis, Kimball, Rollingstone, Charles, and Main Streets.
Numerous trees and tree limbs were downed throughout Worcester, including on Salisbury Street. In addition, two utility poles on Route 122 were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Trees on Southville Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Several utility poles were downed by thunderstorm winds, blocking Route 20.
Trees on West Street in South Wilmington and wires in Stoneham were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Several large trees in Salem and Beverly were downed by thunderstorm winds. A few of the trees in Salem fell onto wires.
Wires on Liberty Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Trees on Ellsworth Road and Summit Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. One landed on a car.
Large branches on Salem Street in Swampscott and wires on West Street in Marblehead were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
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: 111507, 111509, 111514, 120070, 111519, 111520, 111521, 111524, 111525, 111526, 111527, 111528, 111529, 111530, 111531, 111532, 111534, 111535, 111537, 111538, 111540, 113717, 113719, 113721.