Winter Storm — Western Essex, Massachusetts

2018-03-13 to 2018-03-14 · Western Essex, Massachusetts

Event narrative

From eleven to twenty-eight inches of snow fell on Western Essex County. At 5:24 AM EST a tree was down on Waverly Road near Massachusetts Avenue in North Andover. At 114 PM EST a tree was down on an occupied car on Turnpike Street in North Andover, but no injuries were reported. At 5:47 PM EST a tree fell on a house and wires were down, both on Jenkins Road in Andover.At 5:59 PM EST a tree was blocking Woodside Road in Topsfield.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure along the Carolina coast March 12 moved up the coast and passed offshore of Southern New England on March 13, moving off through the Maritimes on March 14. The storm brought snow accumulations of one to two feet across Eastern Massachusetts and wind gusts of seventy to eighty miles per hour to Cape Cod and the Islands. Blizzard conditions were observed at Boston's Logan International Airport, Marshfield, Plymouth, Hyannis, and Martha's Vineyard.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 744789. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.