Thunderstorm Wind — Berkshire, Massachusetts

2024-06-21 · near Williamsville, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Event narrative

A tree was downed blocking Great Barrington Road.

Wider weather episode

A lingering surface trough and weak cold front tracked southward through Berkshire County on June 21. Warm, moist antecedent conditions aided in providing a fairly unstable environment and requisite values of several severe weather parameters working in tandem with the aforementioned forcing mechanisms drove isolated severe thunderstorms. Storms resulted in numerous reports of downed trees in the towns of Lee and Stockbridge.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1192492. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.