Winter Weather in Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

Winter Weather February 7, 2021 · Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

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Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Snow averaged 3 to 5 inches in eastern Essex County, but it was quite wet. At 441 PM EST in Swampscott, a tree was downed onto wires from the weight of the snow, near the intersection of Emerald Avenue and Sapphire Avenue.

The wider storm

A storm system underwent rapid intensification near the Benchmark of 40N/70W as it tracked quickly northeastward. A particularly heavy snow band formed from northeast Connecticut to the Metro-West Boston area. During the afternoon, 3 to 4 inch per hour snowfall rates occurred in this band. It was a quick-hitting storm, starting around noon and ending in the early evening.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 936205. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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