Thunderstorm Wind — Sullivan, New Hampshire

2015-07-19 · near Puckershire, Sullivan, New Hampshire

Event narrative

A severe thunderstorm downed trees on Sugar River Drive and Chestnut Street in Claremont. a 24-year-old man was killed when a tree uprooted and fell on the car he was driving.

Wider weather episode

A cold front approaching from the west initiated afternoon convection across Eastern New York and Western New England on the afternoon of the 19th. High instability and increasing shear helped to develop more organized supercells and lines of thunderstorms. Large hail and damaging winds were prevalent with these storms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 594266. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.