High Wind — Western Essex, Massachusetts

2022-12-23 · Western Essex, Massachusetts

Event narrative

In North Andover at 606 AM, news media showed a tree on a house and a car, significantly damaging the car, on Route 114 (Turnpike Street). Also in North Andover, at 608 AM, the Fire Department reported a large tree down on high tension wires on Johnson Street. In Andover at 610 AM, police reported a tree down near the intersection of Juniper Road and Chandler Road. A CWOP observed wind gust of 57 mph was reported from Bradford, MA at 520 PM. Nearby, in Lawrence, the ASOS at the Lawrence Airport (KLWM) recorded a gust to 59 mph at 508 PM. Similar gusts likely occurred during the morning event.

Wider weather episode

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_id 1064056. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.