Southern New England was under the favorable left front quadrant of a strong upper level jet as a shortwave moved across the region. This shortwave provided enough lift in an already unstable atmosphere to produce showers and thunderstorms across much of the area.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 BOX wrote it up.
Southern New England was under the favorable left front quadrant of a strong upper level jet as a shortwave moved across the region. This shortwave provided enough lift in an already unstable atmosphere to produce showers and thunderstorms across much of the area. Most of the events that occurred were hail though there were a few instances of damaging thunderstorm winds.
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 16, 4:37 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 459 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>005-008>012-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-172100- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 459 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 552 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MAZ006-007-013-015>024-RIZ001>008-172100- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK 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-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 459 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-254-255-172100- 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- 459 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 342 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 MAZ002-162030- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- 342 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 AT 340 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENNINGTON VERMONT TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF THIS LINE WILL BE AFFECTING WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 4 PM. THE MAIN LINE WILL THEN BE APPROACHING ROWE AND CHARLEMONT BETWEEN 4 PM AND 415 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GET INSIDE WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. FIELD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 342 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 MAZ002-162030- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- 343 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 AT 340 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENNINGTON VERMONT TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF THIS LINE WILL BE AFFECTING WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 4 PM. THE MAIN LINE WILL THEN BE APPROACHING ROWE AND CHARLEMONT BETWEEN 4 PM AND 415 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GET INSIDE WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FIELD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
423 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL ROWE 42.70N 72.90W
06/16/2008 E0.88 INCH FRANKLIN MA AMATEUR RADIO
&&
WTBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
434 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL ROWE 42.70N 72.90W
06/16/2008 E0.88 INCH FRANKLIN MA AMATEUR RADIO
0428 PM HAIL ROWE 42.70N 72.90W
06/16/2008 E2.00 INCH FRANKLIN MA AMATEUR RADIO
&&
WTBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
521 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL ROWE 42.70N 72.90W
06/16/2008 E0.88 INCH FRANKLIN MA AMATEUR RADIO
0428 PM HAIL ROWE 42.70N 72.90W
06/16/2008 E2.00 INCH FRANKLIN MA AMATEUR RADIO
0447 PM HAIL CHARLEMONT 42.63N 72.88W
06/16/2008 E1.75 INCH FRANKLIN MA AMATEUR RADIO
0449 PM TSTM WND DMG SHELBURNE 42.58N 72.68W
06/16/2008 FRANKLIN MA AMATEUR RADIO
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN INCLUDING ONE BLOCKING NORTH
ROAD.
0502 PM HAIL GREENFIELD 42.59N 72.60W
06/16/2008 E0.75 INCH FRANKLIN MA AMATEUR RADIO
&&
WTBThe Boston radar (KBOX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds, including one tree that was fell onto a car.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Hampshire in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, June 2008
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: 113909.