Strong Wind — Western Norfolk, Massachusetts

2020-04-09 · Western Norfolk, Massachusetts

Event narrative

In Wrentham at 543 PM EST (643 PM EDT), tree was down on Creek Street. At 602 PM EST (702 PM EDT), the ASOS at the Norwood Airport recorded a wind gust to 48 mph.

Wider weather episode

High astronomical tides produced some very minor coastal flooding around the time of high tide on east coast of MA in the early afternoon. A strong cold front joined forces with a negatively tilting upper level disturbance to produce a narrow line of severe thunderstorms that impacted south coastal RI and MA late in the afternoon. Strong to damaging winds occurred in southeast MA prior to the arrival of the front, as temperatures rose into the 50s and made for better mixing. Additionally, strong to locally damaging post-frontal winds occurred for a few hours into the evening across central and eastern MA.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 876164. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.