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Marine High Wind December 23, 2022 · Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay, Atlantic North

61 mph

Measured gust (53 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 614 PM, a Weatherflow station at Dread Ledge (XDRD) recorded a wind gust to 61 mph. At 7 PM, Buoy 44013, located 11 miles NNE of Scituate, recorded a wind gust to 58 mph.

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.

Began near Marblehead Neck (42.4600, -70.8900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1064471. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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