High Wind in Eastern Norfolk, Massachusetts

High Wind February 25, 2019 · Eastern Norfolk, Massachusetts

69 mph

Measured gust (60 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 11:26 AM EST the Automated Surface Observing System platform at Blue Hill reported a wind gust to 62 mph. At 12:27 PM EST a tree and wires came down and blocked the exit ramp at Interstate 93 southbound at Exit 2A in Canton. At 4:44 PM EST the Automated Surface Observing System platform at Blue Hill reported a wind gust to 69 mph.

The wider storm

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 800745. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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