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High Wind in Southern Worcester, Massachusetts

High Wind December 23, 2022 · Southern Worcester, Massachusetts

59 mph
Measured gust (51 kt)
$4K
Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

In Worcester at 912 AM, police reported trees and/or wires down on numerous streets across the city, including: Granite at Kristen St., Carpenter St., Winifred Ave., Grafton Ave., March St., and Wake Ave. In Oxford at 1226 PM, 3-inch tree limbs and power lines were down, per a public report. At 411 PM, the ASOS at the Worcester Airport (KORH) recorded a wind gust to 59 mph. In Worcester at 538 PM, a tree was down on June Street.

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 1064356. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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