Blizzard — Southern Plymouth, Massachusetts

2018-03-13 · Southern Plymouth, Massachusetts

Event narrative

From ten to fifteen inches of snow fell on Southern Plymouth County. From 6:32 AM EST to at least 9:30 AM EST, frequent wind gusts above 35 mph were measured by the Automated Surface Observing System at Plymouth Municipal Airport, leading to blizzard conditions through this period. At 6:01 AM EST a tree was down on Burgess Avenue in Rochester. At 7:10 AM EST a tree was blocking Crystal Spring Road in Mattapoisett. At 7:30 AM EST a tree fell through a house on Mattapoisett Neck Road in Mattapoisett. At 7:53 AM EST a tree was across Brant Island Road in Mattapoisett. At 8:14 AM EST multiple trees were down on Point Road in Marion, near the Little Marion Golf Course. At 8:57 AM EST multiple trees and wires were down on Kings Highway in Rochester. At 10:43 AM EST a tree was down on Front Street at Washburn Park in Marion, and multiple trees were down on Wareham Road.

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 744819. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.