High Wind — Eastern Franklin, Massachusetts

2019-02-25 · Eastern Franklin, Massachusetts

Event narrative

At 12:17 PM EST an amateur radio operator in New Salem reported a tree down on Cooleyville Road. At 12:35 PM EST a tree and wires were down on Cushman Road in Leverett. At 12:51 PM EST a tree was down on Claybrook Road in Sunderland. At 1:06 PM EST a tree was down on wires on Gulf Road in Northfield. At 2:45 PM EST the Automated Surface Observing System platform at Orange Municipal Airport reported a gust to 58 mph. At 3:03 PM EST a tree and wires were down on Grove Street in Gill, and a tree and wires were down on Warwick Road in Orange. At 3:10 PM EST a tree was down on Pine Nook Road in Deerfield, and a tree was down on Grove Street in Gill. At 4:05 PM EST a tree was down on U.S. Route 202 in New Salem. At 5 PM EST a tree was down on wires on State Route 2 in Greenfield.

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 800751. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.