High Wind — Western Middlesex, Massachusetts

2020-04-13 · Western Middlesex, Massachusetts

Event narrative

In Natick at 1009 AM EST (1109 AM EDT) amateur radio reported a tree and wires down on Barchstead Place and a tree down on wires on East Central Street. In Lowell at 1112 AM EST there were multiple trees down across the city. In Wilmington at 1127 AM EST there was a tree down on a house on Shawsheen Avenue with 1 injury according to a report from amateur radio. In Wayland there was a large section of a fence blown down on Nob Hill Rd at 1242 PM EST.

Wider weather episode

A powerful low pressure system tracked across the Great Lakes and brought strong and damaging winds to all of Massachusetts Monday late morning through the evening. A very strong and highly anomalous low level jet brought southerly wind gusts of 60-70 mph ahead of a cold front that moved through Monday evening.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 877234. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.