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Strong Wind — Eastern Hampshire, Massachusetts

2017-10-24 · Eastern Hampshire, Massachusetts

$10K

Property damage

40 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

At 1006 AM EST, a tree was down on a truck on Chestnut Drive in Belchertown. At 820 PM EST, a tree was down on Mountain Road in Granby.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure moved north through the Great Lakes. This swung a cold front slowly east into Southern New England on October 25. The front stalled over the region during the 25th before moving off to the east on the 26th. Strong low level winds brought a flow of tropical moisture ahead of the front. The strong winds aloft were brought to the surface in damaging wind gusts, with speeds reaching 45 to 55 mph. The tropical moisture was converted to heavy downpours, with storm rainfall totals ranging from 2 inches to 6 1/2 inches. This brought widespread urban and poor drainage flooding.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 722137. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.