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Strong Wind in Western Middlesex, Massachusetts

Strong Wind April 22, 2020 · Western Middlesex, Massachusetts

49 mph
Estimated gust (43 kt)
$7K
Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Winds were generally gusting to between 45 to 50 mph. In Weston at 957 AM EST (1057 AM EDT), a tree and wires were down on Doublet Hill Road. In Tewksbury at 1132 AM EST, a tree was down on Pond Street near the Billerica line. In Marlborough at 1213 PM EST, a large tree was down on Farm Road. In Chelmsford at 1243 PM EST, a tree was down on a car, just off of Old Westford Road - no injuries reported.

The wider storm

Strong west to northwest winds in the lower atmosphere mixed down to the surface beneath an unusually cold pool aloft...temperatures at 500 mb were -38C. Winds gusted to 40 to 50 mph from late morning to mid afternoon, causing scattered damage in central and eastern Massachusetts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 879297. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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