Strong Wind — Northern Bristol, Massachusetts

2023-02-03 · Northern Bristol, Massachusetts

Event narrative

Winds generally were gusting to 50 to 55 mph. In Mansfield at 605 PM EST, a tree was down on power lines on Ware Street between Erin Drive and Short Street. In North Attleboro at 710 PM EST, scaffolding set up outside a building on South Washington Street fell over... and at 9 PM EST, a large tree was down on wires and a utility pole was snapped on Route 152 at Westchester Drive.

Wider weather episode

A major Arctic cold front blasted through southern New England on the morning of March 3rd. It was followed by a few rounds of strong and locally damaging wind gusts. Temperatures plunged to 10 to 20 below zero on the morning of March 4th. The -10F reading at Boston's Logan Airport was the coldest there since 1957. There were numerous instances of burst pipes due to the cold across the region, but it is impossible to quantify dollar damage. Wind chill indices reached 30 to 40 below zero across southern New England.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1080716. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.