Strong Wind — Eastern Hampshire, Massachusetts

2017-10-29 to 2017-10-30 · Eastern Hampshire, Massachusetts

Event narrative

At 957 PM EST, a tree and wires were down on Monson Turnpike Road in Ware. At 1059 PM EST, a tree was blocking Golf Road in Belchertown.

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 722735. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.