The Dexes / Lightning Report (Storm Events) / 5469058
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WORCESTER
5469058
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| Event typeevent_type | Lightning |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 5,469,058 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 1,197,073 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2005-08-14T19:15:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2005-08-14T19:15:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | MASSACHUSETTS |
| County/zone typecz_type | C |
| County/zone namecz_name | WORCESTER |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 50K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | AMATEUR RADIO |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | Showers and thunderstorms developed across Massachusetts in a hot and humid airmass ahead of a weak cold front during the afternoon and evening hours of 14 August 2005. These thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts, large hail, and flash flooding. The hardest hit counties include Hampden, Franklin, Worcester, and Plymouth. These storms also left as many as 51,000 electric customers without power.Flash flooding occurred in Brockton, Braintree, Quincy, South Weymouth, and Hingham. In Brockton, basements and multiple streets were flooded with over two feet of water. Some people had to be rescued from their cars when the cars stalled in these flooded roadways.Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds that knocked down trees, limbs, and wires. These damaging winds knocked down numerous trees on North Shore Road, West Shore Road, Pine Street, and Damon Avenue in Holbrook. Also, trees and wires came down on Randall and Greenfield Roads in the Turner Falls section of Montague as a result of these severe thunderstorms. Several hundred trees were reported blown down as a result of a possible microburst in Hingham. Of these several hundred trees down, approximately 20 came down on Main Street. Numerous people reported trees down in their backyards and in a park near the Main Street area.These severe thunderstorms also produced hail of up to 1.0 inch in diameter in Springfield and in Longmeadow.In addition to the severe wind and hail reports, lightning destroyed a historic barn in Sutton.No known injuries directly resulted from these thunderstorms. |
| Yearyear | 2,005 |
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