Hurricane Dorian passed about 140 miles southeast of Nantucket, MA early on September 7th. It caused brief sustained winds just above 40 mph and wind gusts to just above 60 mph in extreme southeastern Massachusetts, which caused some minor wind damage.
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The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
Hurricane Dorian passed about 140 miles southeast of Nantucket, MA early on September 7th. It caused brief sustained winds just above 40 mph and wind gusts to just above 60 mph in extreme southeastern Massachusetts, which caused some minor wind damage.
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 Sep 6, 6:48 PM EST, 27 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 411 PM EDT Fri Sep 6 2019 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>006-008>018-021-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>005- 072015- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA- Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA- Western Essex MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA- Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA- Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA- Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA- Southern Plymouth MA-Northern Middlesex MA-Cheshire- Eastern Hillsborough-Western And Central Hillsborough- Northwest Providence RI-Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI- Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI- 411 PM EDT Fri Sep 6 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts, eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern Massachusetts, western Massachusetts, New Hampshire, southern New Hampshire and northern Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ007-019-072015- Eastern Essex MA-Eastern Plymouth MA- 411 PM EDT Fri Sep 6 2019 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Surf Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ020-RIZ006>008-072015- Southern Bristol MA-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 411 PM EDT Fri Sep 6 2019 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... 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 Surf Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Surf Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ022>024-072015- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- 411 PM EDT Fri Sep 6 2019 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern 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. Tropical Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ231>233-250-254>256-072015- Cape Cod Bay-Nantucket Sound-Vineyard 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- 411 PM EDT Fri Sep 6 2019 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... 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. Tropical Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230-234>237-251-072015- Boston Harbor-Buzzards Bay-Rhode Island Sound-Narragansett Bay- Block Island Sound-Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay- 411 PM EDT Fri Sep 6 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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.
10 tropical storm, 5 high wind, 1 flood, 1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
On Nantucket, a large branch was reported down on Broad Street at South Water Street.
At 1047 PM EDT (947 PM EST) CWOP mesonet site at Wellfleet recorded a sustained wind of 40 mph.
In West Barnstable, a large branch was down on the Service Road near Route 149.
In Chilmark, a tree and wires were reported down on North Road near Menemsha Road.
A 58 mph gust was recorded in the Polpis section of Nantucket.
In North Harwich, a large branch was down on Great Western Road just east of Depot Street.
At 421 AM EST, a CWOP mesonet station at Wellfleet measured sustained winds of 42 mph.
In Harwich Port, a large tree was down on Route 28 at Lincoln Village Road.
In Brewster, wires were down on Setucket Road at Airline Road.
A CWOP mesonet station in Provincetown measured wind gusts to 63 mph several times between 425 AM EST and 545 AM EST.
At both 436 AM EST and 502 AM EST, a CWOP mesonet station at Wellfleet measured gusts to 60 mph.
In Eastham, a large tree was reported down on Meetinghouse Road.
In Norwell, a tree was reported down on Prospect Street.
In Plymouth, a tree was reported down on Summer Street at Westerly Road.
In Plymouth, a tree was reported down on Long Pond Road near Clark Road.
In South Chatham, Commerce Park South roadway was flooded and coned off.
Oak Street at Easy Street was flooded with one foot of water at the time of high tide.
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, September 2019The 2019 hurricane season
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: 852484, 852533, 852526, 852528, 852531, 852534, 852540, 852544, 852547, 852549, 852539, 852551, 852556, 852558, 852560, 852563, 852564.