Strong Wind in Western Essex, Massachusetts

Strong Wind February 25, 2019 · Western Essex, Massachusetts

56 mph

Measured gust (49 kt)

$20K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 12:18 PM EST the Automated Surface Observing System platform at Lawrence Municipal Airport reported a wind gust to 56 mph. At 12:56 PM EST an amateur radio operator in Amesbury reported trees down on wires on Lakeshore Drive. At 1:30 PM EST a tree was down on a house in Haverhill at the intersection of Broadway Street and Lambert Avenue.

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 800807. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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