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Thunderstorm Wind in Essex County, Massachusetts

Thunderstorm Wind March 7, 2022 · Essex County, Massachusetts

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

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

The wider storm

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.

Began near West Andover (42.6717, -71.1500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1006790. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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