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Strong Wind in Western Hampshire, Massachusetts

Strong Wind September 30, 2020 · Western Hampshire, Massachusetts

45 mph

Estimated gust (39 kt)

$500

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The winds were gusting to 40 to 45 mph. In Middlefield, at 533 AM EDT a tree was down on wires on Skyline Tr.

The wider storm

A cold front produced a fine line of low-topped convection that moved across the region from west to east during the morning. A southerly low level jet of 80 knots at 850 mb, combined with fully leafed trees, helped cause damaging winds. In addition, heavy rain, totaling 2 to 2.75 inches fell in Franklin and Hampshire Counties in western Massachusetts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 917833. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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