A strong cold front moved quickly across the region late on the 31st. Ahead of the front it was a warm and very windy night, with many downed trees and power lines from strong south-southwest wind gusts.
Every event with a place to put it; 16 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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.
A strong cold front moved quickly across the region late on the 31st. Ahead of the front it was a warm and very windy night, with many downed trees and power lines from strong south-southwest wind gusts. A 'fine line' of showers and isolated thunderstorms also helped mix down very strong winds from aloft. The damaging winds continued into the early morning on Nov. 1.
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 Oct 31, 6:56 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 439 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019 CTZ004-MAZ002>004-008-009-012-026-012045- Windham CT-Western Franklin MA-Eastern Franklin MA- Northern Worcester MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA- Southern Worcester MA-Northern Middlesex MA- 439 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Connecticut as well as central and western Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ005>007-013>019-RIZ001>004-012045- 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-Northwest Providence RI-Southeast Providence RI- Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI- 439 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern Massachusetts and northern 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. High Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. CTZ002-003-MAZ010-011-012045- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA- 439 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Connecticut and western Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ020>024-RIZ005>008-012045- Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Nantucket MA-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 439 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern Massachusetts 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. High Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ232>235-237-250-254>256-012045- Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound-Buzzards Bay-Rhode Island Sound- Block Island Sound- Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary- Coastal waters from Provincetown MA to Chatham MA to Nantucket MA out 20 nm- Coastal Waters extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket- Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 nm South of Block Island- 439 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ231-251-012045- Cape Cod Bay-Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay- 439 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230-236-012045- Boston Harbor-Narragansett Bay- 439 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/us.nationalweatherservice.boston.gov You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
13 strong wind, 3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
At 726 PM EST, a mesonet station in Milton, MA recorded a wind gust to 61 mph.
At 755 PM EST, a 59 mph wind gust was reported in Truro via amateur radio.
In Longmeadow at 9 PM EST, a pine tree was reported down onto a home on Maple Road.
In Bridgewater at 9 PM EST, a tree was down on Spruce Street.
In Montague at 9 PM EST, a tree was reported down on Highland Avenue.
In Rowley at 9 PM EST, a tree was reported down on power lines on Fenno Drive.
In Charlton at 928 PM EST, a tree was reported down on Gale Road.
In Taunton at 943 PM EST, a tree was reported down on Holloway Street. Also in Taunton, at 950 PM EST, a tree was reported down on Bassett Road near Bay Street. In Berkley at 1027 PM EST, a large tree limb was down on Pine Street and Route 24. In Easton at 1057 PM EST, a large tree was down on Purchase Street at Depot Street.
In Lakeville at 945 PM EST, a tree was reported down on Water Street.
In Bridgewater at 1014 PM EST, a tree was reported down on Pine Street.
In Orange at 1022 PM EST, a large tree was reported down at the intersection of Routes 202 and 122.
In Millville at 1024 PM EST, a tree was reported down.
In Webster at 1043 PM EST, a large tree was reported down on Old Worcester Road at Bigelow Road.
In Southwick at 1059 PM EST, the Emergency Management Director reported a tree down on South Loomis Street and a tree down on Mort Vining Road.
In Fitchburg at 1105 PM EST, a large tree was reported down on Oak Hill Road.
In Brockton at 1114 PM EST, a large tree was reported down on Country Club Lane.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, October 2019
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 860912, 860913, 860914, 860915, 860916, 860917, 860919, 860930, 860924, 860925, 860926, 860927, 860929, 860931, 860933, 860932.