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| event_type | Lightning |
|---|---|
| ncei_event_id | 5,249,815 |
| episode_id | 1,116,140 |
| begin_utc | 2001-07-01T01:30:00+00:00 |
| end_utc | 2001-07-01T01:30:00+00:00 |
| state | MASSACHUSETTS |
| cz_type | C |
| cz_name | PLYMOUTH |
| deaths_direct | 0 |
| deaths_indirect | 0 |
| injuries_direct | 0 |
| injuries_indirect | 0 |
| damage_property | 32K |
| wfo_source | NEWSPAPER |
| episode_narrative | The most widespread severe weather event of the season struck most of the Bay State, with countless reports of downed trees, branches, and large hail from the east slopes of the Berkshires into metro Boston and the North Shore.The storms began in Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties around mid afternoon, and downed trees in Turners Falls, Worthington, and Chester. Dime to nickel sized hail was also reported. Severe weather reports became more numerous by late afternoon as the storms reached central and northeast Massachusetts. There many reports of large trees down from Littleton, Wilmington, Southborough, Shrewsbury and Sterling, where a spotter recorded a gust to 62 mph. In Essex County, severe thunderstorms downed trees and dropped dime sized hail in Lynnfield, Peabody, Beverly, and Marblehead. More severe thunderstorms erupted in Worcester County during the evening, dropping quarter sized hail in Mendon. These storms tracked into southern Middlesex County near Holliston, where large limbs were downed, then reached Norfolk County where more considerable storm damage occurred. A microburst downed many large trees and wires in Bellingham, Millis, and Medway. A survey of the debris and an eyewitness account also confirmed that a small F0 tornado touched down in Bellingham around 725 pm EDT. The tornado was estimated to have a path length of 150 yards and a width of 80 yards. Wind speeds were estimated near 70 mph. There were no injuries. Spotters reported hail as large as a half dollar prior to the wind damage. As the storms progressed across Norfolk County, trees and power lines were downed in Sharon, Walpole, and Norwood. Another severe thunderstorm later in the evening downed trees onto a road in Walpole and another on a house.The storms also contained frequent cloud-to-ground lightning. Tens of thousands were left without power. In Auburn, lightning caused two house fires when a nearby transformer was struck. In Whitman, a house fire started by a lightning strike on the second floor. Police and fire communications were temporarily disrupted when lightning struck an antenna in Norwood. |
| year | 2,001 |
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