The Dexes / Lightning Report (Storm Events) / 5520769
Eventdex · Lightning Report (Storm Events)
BRISTOL
5520769
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| Event typeevent_type | Lightning |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 5,520,769 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 1,215,309 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2006-08-02T22:51:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2006-08-02T22:51:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | MASSACHUSETTS |
| County/zone typecz_type | C |
| County/zone namecz_name | BRISTOL |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 15K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | AMATEUR RADIO |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | Severe thunderstorms developed in northwest Massachusetts late in the afternoon and traveled southward, affecting much of Massachusetts south of the Mass Pike, northeast Connecticut, and Rhode Island, before exiting Cape Cod and the Islands - a path of approximately 175 miles. This short-lived derecho produced widespread wind damage throughout the region.Trees and wires were reported down in Conway, Ashfield, and Charlemont in Franklin CountyMassachusetts shortly after 4 pm. Similar damage occurred in Hampshire and Hampden Counties afterthat. There were reports of trees down on houses and some cars. Shortly after 5 pm, an old roof was blownoff of an apartment complex in Springfield, which made 11 units on the fifth floor uninhabitable. It wasestimated that straight-line wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph occurred there.The complex of severe thunderstorms then entered southern Worcester County. At 515 pm, a radio stationtower, which was 240 feet tall, was knocked over in Dudley. It is conceivable that wind speeds approached100 mph at the top of the tower. Penny sized hail was observed in Holden.As the storms progressed into eastern Massachusetts, trees fell onto houses and cars in Medway andFoxborough. A significant downburst occurred in Sharon, Stoughton, and Brockton, where many largetrees were either snapped near their bases or uprooted entirely. Utility poles were snapped 6 feet aboveground level near Routes 24 and 123 in Brockton. A trained spotter in Sharon reported penny sized hail.The damage continued all the way to the southeast Massachusetts coast, where trees and wires weredowned in Dartmouth, New Bedford, and Fairhaven, and Mattapoisett.To date, the last derecho to affect southern New England was on July 15, 1995, when a band of severethunderstorms raced from Michigan at midnight to the Massachusetts coast by 8 am. Those stormsproduced a wind gust to 93 mph at Otis Massachusetts in Berkshire County, and damage was reported asfar east as Worcester County. |
| Yearyear | 2,006 |
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