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High Wind in Southern Worcester, Massachusetts
High Wind March 2, 2017 · Southern Worcester, Massachusetts
What the National Weather Service wrote
At 210 PM EST, The Automated Surface Observing System platform at Worcester Airport measured a wind gust of 59 mph. There were several reports of trees brought down by the wind during the morning. A large tree fell on a car on Sutton Avenue in Oxford, killing a 50 year old man. A tree fell on an unoccupied house on Oread Street near Beacon Street in Worcester. A tree fell and blocked Main Street in Douglas, Old Westboro Road in Grafton, Westview Street in Auburn, and Hopkinton Road in Westborough.
The wider storm
Low pressure moving up the St Lawrence Valley swept a cold front through Massachusetts early the morning of March 2. Behind the cold front, strong west-northwest winds brought colder air to the state.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 690043. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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