Strong Wind in Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

Strong Wind March 29, 2021 · Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

53 mph

Estimated gust (46 kt)

$13K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Winds generally were gusting to 50 to 55 mph. In Beverly at 11 AM EST, the ASOS at the Beverly Airport (KBVY) recorded a gust to 51 mph. Just off the coast of Marblehead, at Children's Island, at 822 AM, a mesonet site recorded a wind gust to 56 mph. In Ipswich at 814 AM EST, a tree fell onto multiple cars on Elm Street.

The wider storm

A cold front passed through southern New England on the evening of March 28th. The next morning, on the 29th, a strong upper level short wave trough moved through New England, with a reinforcing shot of cold air. Strong to damaging westerly winds generally gusted to 50 to 60 mph during the morning and early afternoon hours.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 941821. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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