Strong Wind in Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

Strong Wind March 14, 2021 · Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

49 mph

Measured gust (43 kt)

$5K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

In Rockport at 545 PM EDT (445 PM EST), a CWOP station recorded a wind gust to 50 mph. In Salem at 535 PM EDT (435 PM EST), an amateur radio operator reported a tree down on a car on Winthrop Street.

The wider storm

An arctic cold front moved from north to south across southern New England during the afternoon and early evening, producing scattered snow squalls and strong west-northwest winds gusting to 45 to 55 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 940586. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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