Strong Wind — Eastern Hampshire, Massachusetts

2019-02-25 · Eastern Hampshire, Massachusetts

Event narrative

At 9:34 AM EST a tree was down on Granby Road in Granby. At 10:40 AM EST a tree was down on wires on Pantry Road in North Hatfield. At 11:02 AM EST a tree was down on wires on Greenwich Plains Road in Ware. At 11:20 AM EST a tree was down on wires on West Street in Hatfield. At 11:25 AM EST a tree was down on a pickup truck on Amherst Street in Granby. At 11:57 AM EST a tree was down on Greenwich Street in Ware. At 1:15 PM EST a tree was down at the intersection of Barnes and Pleasant Streets. At 3:09 PM EST the roof was blown off a barn on West Street in Hatfield. At 3:36 PM a tree was down on wires on Prospect Street in Hatfield. At 6:08 PM EST a tree was down on wires on Turkey Hill Road in Easthampton.

Wider weather episode

A storm moving north through the Great Lakes redeveloped along the Mid Atlantic coast on the 24th, then moved up the coast past Southern New England. This coastal storm brought damaging west-northwest winds to Massachusetts as it moved off through the Maritimes on the 25th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 800695. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.