High Wind — Southern Plymouth, Massachusetts

2017-10-29 to 2017-10-30 · Southern Plymouth, Massachusetts

Event narrative

At 300 AM EST an amateur radio operator reported a wind gust to 62 mph in Wareham. In Marion, a tree was down on Wareham Road, a tree was down on wires on Pleasant Street, and a tree was down on wires on Point Road near the water tower.

Wider weather episode

The remnants of Tropical Storm Phillipe merged with a mid-latitude system approaching the U.S. East Coast. This created an area of low pressure that moved north from the Carolinas through New York State on the 29th. The low swung a cold front through Southern New England during the early morning of the 30th. The combined sysytem generated strong to damaging winds, especially in Eastern Massachusetts. Tropical moisture flowing north ahead of the cold front contributed to heavy downpours with one to five inches of rain reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 722714. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.