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Strong Wind in Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

Strong Wind December 23, 2022 · Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

49 mph
Estimated gust (43 kt)
$8K
Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

In Lynn at 230 AM EST, a large tree branch was down on South Common Street. In Ipswich at 530 AM EST, a tree fell into a house on Edge Street. No injuries were reported. In Salem at 634 AM EST, a large tree branch fell onto a house on Dodge Street, damaging a window and a section of fencing. In Salisbury at 645 AM EST, a mobile mini-storage container was blown over and damaged, off of Bridge Road.

The wider storm

Low pressure deepened rapidly as it tracked through the eastern Great Lakes.

The storm produced damaging southeast to south winds across much of southern New England and minor to moderate coastal flooding the east and south coasts. There were two rounds of strong wind gusts -- one in the morning and one in the late afternoon and evening. Two to 3.5 inches of rain fell across much of RI and interior MA.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1064023. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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