High Wind in Southern Bristol, Massachusetts

High Wind September 30, 2020 · Southern Bristol, Massachusetts

53 mph

Measured gust (46 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 733 AM EDT the ASOS at New Bedford Airport (KEWB) measured a gust to 53 mph. In Freetown at 759 AM EDT power lines were down on Causeway Rd. In Dartmouth, at 811 AM EDT a large tree was down on Cedar Ave.

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 917866. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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