High Wind — Western Hampshire, Massachusetts

2019-02-25 · Western Hampshire, Massachusetts

Event narrative

At 10:43 AM EST an amateur radio operator in Goshen reported a wind gust to 66 mph. At 11:21 AM EST an amateur radio operator reported a large tree down on wires on Mountain Street in Williamsburg. At 3:33 PM EST a tree was down on Walker Road in Cummington. At 3:53 PM EST a tree was down on Bryant Road and another on State Route 112. At 3:55 PM EST a tree was down on South Road in Westhampton. At 4:01 PM EST several trees were down on Petticoat Hill Road in Williamsburg. At 4:54 PM EST a tree was down on wires on Scott Road in Worthington. At 5:17 PM EST a large tree was down on wires on Allen Coit Road in Huntington. At 5:41 PM EST a tree was down across Village Hill Road in Williamsburg. At 5:45 PM EST a tree and wires were down on Loomis Road in Goshen. At 6:14 PM EST trees were down on wires in Huntington on State Route 66 and on County Road. At 6:23 PM EST multiple trees were down on Cook Hill Road and on Skyline Trail. At 6:30 PM EST a tree was down on a house on Nash Hill Road in Williamsburg. At 7:20 PM EST a tree was down on Chesterfield Road and Conway Road in Williamsburg. At 7:34 PM EST two trees were down on Ireland Street in Chesterfield.

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 800742. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.