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Tropical Storm in Eastern Hampden, Massachusetts
Tropical Storm August 22, 2021 · Eastern Hampden, Massachusetts
What the National Weather Service wrote
In Palmer at 134 PM EST, Fire Dept. officials reported that a tree fell through the windshield of an unoccupied vehicle at the intersection of Longview Street and Buckland Street. In Southwick at 227 PM EST, trees and wires were down on Klaus Anderson Road. In Westfield at 252 PM EST, a tree and utility pole were down on West Road. At 150 PM, the ASOS at Westover Air Reserve Base (KCEF) recorded a wind gust to 45 mph.
The wider storm
Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in southwest Rhode Island around noon on August 22nd, then moved slowly northwestward and westward across northern Connecticut and weakened. Henri brought strong wind gusts and flash flooding. The strongest gusts -- to 70 mph -- occurred along the Rhode Island coast. The worst flash flooding occurred in northeast Connecticut.
As the remnants of Henri moved eastward across southern New England on August 23rd, it spawned three tornadoes and a waterspout in MA and also it caused some renewed flooding.
The highest rainfall totals over the two-day period ranged from 5 to 6 inches in Hartford and Tolland Counties in northern Connecticut and in Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties in western Massachusetts.
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 979812. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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