High Wind — Western Plymouth, Massachusetts

2018-03-02 to 2018-03-03 · Western Plymouth, Massachusetts

Event narrative

At 6:13 AM EST a tree was down in Rockland across Salem Street near Union Street. At 8:35 AM EST a tree was down on Lake Street in Plympton. At 8:56 PM EST multiple trees and wires were reported down around East Bridgewater with some trees on top of houses. At 3:30 PM EST a tree fell on a car in a driveway on Cedar Street in Plympton, killing an occupant of the car.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the coastline. Moderate to major coastal flooding took place over three tide cycles due to astronomically high tides and a persistent northeast wind. This built a storm surge of two to four feet along the Massachusetts East Coast.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 742954. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.