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Marine Hail August 4, 2015 · Boston Harbor, Atlantic North
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Quarter size hail fell over Boston Harbor.
The wider storm
The second severe weather event for the day occurred north of the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90). This severe weather was triggered by an approaching cold front from the west. The previously hard hit areas of Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts were not affected by this second round of storms. As these storms developed across western Massachusetts, they began to produce wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph. As they continued to move eastward, unusually large hail was the main event as several locations, including Boston, had hail up to 2 inches in diameter! In fact, the 2 inch diameter hail that occurred in Boston is the largest to ever occur in Suffolk County since records began in 1950.
Began near Boston Light (42.3018, -70.9538).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 600571. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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