Thunderstorm Wind — Essex, Massachusetts

2022-03-07 · near West Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Event narrative

In Andover, trees were down at Shawsheen Square and also on High Street.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure passed to the west of New England, with a cold front speeding across southern New England during the evening hours. A strong upper level short wave moved across northern New England and an associated low level jet of 80-90 knots moved across southern New England. As is typical in late winter and early spring, a line of heavy showers, with a few embedded thunderstorms, raced across the region, accompanied by severe-level wind gusts that produced some damage during the late evening. There was also some isolated wind damage from post-frontal wind gusts around and just after midnight on the 8th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1006790. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.