Thunderstorm Wind in Worcester County, Massachusetts

Thunderstorm Wind June 22, 2008 · Worcester County, Massachusetts

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

Death

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A woman out in her yard during a thunderstorm died after a large tree limb broke due to the wind and fell on her. Medical officials indicate that she died of blunt force trauma to the head, neck, and chest.

The wider storm

Steep mid level lapse rates provided enough instability for showers and thunderstorms to develop across interior Massachusetts. Some of these thunderstorms became severe, producing damaging wind gusts. One of these storms produced winds that broke limbs off trees, including one that struck an 81 year old woman hard enough that she subsequently died.

Began near Westwood Hills (42.2736, -71.8414).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 117114. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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