High Wind — Southern Worcester, Massachusetts

2022-12-23 · Southern Worcester, Massachusetts

Event narrative

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.

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 1064356. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.