[HCRA] Aug 2 storm report

et-n1qko at juno.com et-n1qko at juno.com
Mon Aug 7 05:46:32 EDT 2006


 Eric Tuller   N1QKO
Assistant SKYWARN Coordinator for W.MA.    Ware Emergency Management
Communications
Emergency Coordinator for the MTARA.  KB1HGK   Radio Operators for
Missing Children
CT+ MD+ VT+ Stockwood + King Richards  Ren Faires
Hello to all….

 

The following is the Public Information Statement and Local Storm Report
on the Wednesday August 2nd, 2006 derecho. The derecho affected an area
from along and just north of the Massachusetts Turnpike into Northern
Connecticut, parts of Rhode Island and into Southeastern Massachusetts.
Some good PR was generated in Western Massachusetts for SKYWARN on
Channel 22, WWLP-TV. A link to that archived article appears below:

 

http://www.wwlp.com/news2004/story.html?artID=393756

 

A couple footnotes on the Local Storm Report. The AM Station Tower that
was blown over is listed as Southbridge but appears to be in Dudley and
was listed as the Southbridge/Dudley line. Also, the Granby, CT report
should be Granby, Massachusetts and the Springfield, Mass report should
be listed around 530 PM versus 919 PM. There were also trees down on
Route 67 in Warren, Massachusetts no listed in the Local Storm Report. A
complete derecho-Severe Weather Outbreak report will be posted when time
allows hopefully later this month. Below are the Public Information
Statement and Local Storm Report:

 

NOUS41 KBOX 041956

PNSBOX

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-060000-

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

355 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006

 

...DERECHO HIT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2 2006...

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS...IN 

CONSULTATION WITH THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN 

OKLAHOMA...HAS DETERMINED THAT THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED ON 

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2 WAS CAUSED BY WHAT IS TERMED A "DERECHO."  

 

A DERECHO IS A LONG-LIVED...WIDESPREAD...AND RAPIDLY MOVING 

CONVECTIVE WINDSTORM THAT ESSENTIALLY IS COMPRISED OF A FAMILY OF 

DOWNBURST CLUSTERS. DOWNBURSTS CAN BE EITHER MICROBURSTS OR 

MACROBURSTS...DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE DAMAGE SWATH IS LESS THAN OR 

GREATER THAN 2.5 MILES. THE RESULT OF THIS FAMILY OF DOWNBURST 

CLUSTERS IS WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE OVER A LARGE AREA. 

THE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH DERECHOS ARE NOT CONSTANT AND MAY VARY 

CONSIDERABLY ALONG ITS PATH...SOMETIMES BEING BELOW SEVERE LIMITS 

(57 MPH OR LESS) AND SOMETIMES BEING VERY STRONG (GREATER THAN 100 

MPH IN EXTREME DERECHOS).  

 

THE WORD DERECHO WAS COINED BY DR. GUSTAVUS HINRICHS...A PHYSICS 

PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA...IN A PAPER PUBLISHED IN THE 

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL IN 1888. DR. HINRICHS CHOSE THIS 

TERMINOLOGY FOR THUNDERSTORM-INDUCED STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AS OPPOSED 

TO THE WORD TORNADO. DERECHO IS A SPANISH WORD WHICH CAN BE DEFINED 

AS "DIRECT" OR "STRAIGHT AHEAD" WHILE TORNADO IS THOUGHT BY 

SOME...INCLUDING DR. HINRICHS...TO HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM THE 

SPANISH WORD "TORNAR" WHICH MEANS "TO TURN."

 

THE MODERN-DAY STRICT DEFINITION OF A DERECHO REQUIRES THAT ITS 

LENGTH BE GREATER THAN 240 MILES...HOWEVER THE STORM PREDICTION 

CENTER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT TRUE DERECHOS CAN BE SOMEWHAT SHORTER IN 

LENGTH.  THE WEDNESDAY STORM ORIGINATED IN NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS 

IN THE SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND TRAVELED SOUTHEASTWARD...

IMPACTING MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE...NORTHEAST 

CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...AND IT FINALLY EXITED THE CAPE AND 

ISLANDS.  THIS WAS APPROXIMATELY 175 MILES.  

 

TREES AND WIRES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN CONWAY...ASHFIELD...AND 

CHARLEMONT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS SHORTLY AFTER 4 PM.

SIMILAR DAMAGE OCCURRED IN HAMPSHIRE AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES AFTER 

THAT. THERE WERE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ON HOUSES AND SOME CARS.

SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM...A VERY OLD ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF AN APARTMENT 

COMPLEX IN SPRINGFIELD...WHICH MADE THE 11 UNITS ON THE FIFTH FLOOR 

UNINHABITABLE.  IT IS ESTIMATED THAT STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS OF 

70-80 MPH HAD OCCURRED THERE. 

 

AT APPROXIMATELY 515 PM...AN AM RADIO STATION TOWER WAS KNOCKED OVER 

IN DUDLEY MASSACHUSETTS IN SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY.  THE TOWER WAS 

240 FEET TALL. BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STATION ENGINEER AND 

THE FACT THAT 70 TO 80 MPH WINDS HAD REACHED GROUND LEVEL 

ELSEWHERE...IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT WIND SPEEDS AT THE TOP OF THE 

TOWER APPROACHED 100 MPH. 

 

DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUED TO CAUSE TREES AND WIRES TO BE BLOWN DOWN 

IN GRANBY...ENFIELD...THOMPSON...AND KILLINGLY CONNECTICUT. 

TREES FELL ONTO HOUSES AND CARS IN MEDWAY AND FOXBORO MASSACHUSETTS.

A VERY SIGNIFICANT DOWNBURST OCCURRED IN SHARON...STOUGHTON...AND 

BROCKTON MASSACHUSETTS. LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED NEAR THEIR BASES OR 

UPROOTED ENTIRELY.  UTILITY POLES CONSISTING OF SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE 

WERE SNAPPED 6 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL NEAR ROUTES 24 AND 123 IN 

BROCKTON.

 

SHORTLY AFTER 7 PM...LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED IN PORTSMOUTH AND 

TIVERTON RHODE ISLAND AND WIRES WERE DOWNED IN NEWPORT. IN WARREN 

RHODE ISLAND...12 STUDENTS HAD TO BE RESCUED WHEN THEIR BOATS 

CAPSIZED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DAMAGE CONTINUED ALL THE WAY 

TO THE SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS COAST WHERE TREES AND WIRES WERE 

DOWNED IN DARTMOUTH...NEW BEDFORD...AND FAIRHAVEN.

 

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS EXTREMELY FREQUENT AND STARTED SEVERAL 

BUILDING FIRES AS THE STORMS CROSSED THE REGION.  IN ADDITION...

PENNY SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS...IN HOLDEN 

MASSACHUSETTS...SHARON MASSACHUSETTS...AND TIVERTON RHODE ISLAND.

 

THE AFOREMENTIONED LOCATIONS WERE CHOSEN TO ILLUSTRATE THE 

WIDESPREAD NATURE OF THIS EVENT. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER TOWNS 

NOT LISTED THAT REPORTED TREES...TREE LIMBS...OR WIRES DOWNED.  

 

THE LAST DERECHO TO AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WAS ON JULY 15 

1995...WHEN A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RACED FROM THE UPPER 

PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AT MIDNIGHT TO THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS BY 

8 AM.  A WIND GUST TO 93 MPH WAS RECORDED AT OTIS MASSACHUSETTS IN 

BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS FAR EAST AS 

WORCESTER COUNTY BEFORE IT FINALLY BEGAN DISSIPATING BELOW SEVERE 

THRESHOLDS.

 

$$

FIELD/N BELK

 

NWUS51 KBOX 030136 PAA

LSRBOX

 

 

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

936 PM EDT WED AUG 02 2006

 

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..

 

0418 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CONWAY                  42.52N 72.68W 

08/02/2006                   FRANKLIN           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN ON WIRES

 

0418 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ASHFIELD                42.53N 72.78W 

08/02/2006                   FRANKLIN           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN ON WIRES

 

0422 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ASHFIELD                42.53N 72.78W 

08/02/2006                   FRANKLIN           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN ON WIRES ON STEADY LANE.

 

0435 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EASTHAMPTON             42.27N 72.68W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPSHIRE          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES.

 

0448 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HADLEY                  42.35N 72.58W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPSHIRE          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            3 TO 5 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN

 

0456 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELCHERTOWN             42.27N 72.40W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPSHIRE          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN ROUTE 202. 

 

0456 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRANBY                  42.26N 72.53W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPSHIRE          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 202.

 

0459 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEVERETT                42.45N 72.50W 

08/02/2006                   FRANKLIN           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN ON WIRES.

 

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WESTHAMPTON             42.30N 72.77W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPSHIRE          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN.

 

0505 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELCHERTOWN             42.27N 72.40W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPSHIRE          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            6-8 DIAMETER TREE BLOWN OVER.

 

0511 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WARE                    42.25N 72.25W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPSHIRE          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            6 INCH LIMBS DOWN AND A TREE DOWN.

 

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOUTHBRIDGE             42.08N 72.03W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            AM RADIO STATION TOWER BLOWN DOWN

 

0520 PM     HAIL             HOLDEN                  42.35N 71.85W 

08/02/2006  E0.75 INCH       WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOLDEN                  42.35N 71.85W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            LIMBS DOWN EVERYWHERE. 

 

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRANBY                  41.95N 72.78W 

08/02/2006                   HARTFORD           CT   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            ADDITIONAL TREES DOWN

 

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELCHERTOWN             42.27N 72.40W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPSHIRE          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            ADDITIONAL TREES DOWN

 

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HADLEY                  42.35N 72.58W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPSHIRE          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            ADDITIONAL TREES DOWN

 

0522 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SHREWSBURY              42.30N 71.72W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            1-4 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN

 

0522 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PALMER                  42.16N 72.32W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPDEN            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            ADDITIONAL TREES DOWN

 

0522 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOLDEN                  42.35N 71.85W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            1 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN AND 4 TO 6 INCH DIAMETER 

            BRANCHES DOWN

 

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WEST SPRINGFIELD        42.12N 72.65W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPDEN            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON WIRES ON BAILEY RD

 

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WEST SPRINGFIELD        42.12N 72.65W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPDEN            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN ON ASHLEY AVE.

 

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SHREWSBURY              42.30N 71.72W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

            TWO 14 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN. 

 

0528 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WEST SPRINGFIELD        42.12N 72.65W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPDEN            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN.

 

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LUDLOW                  42.17N 72.48W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPDEN            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE.

 

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SPRINGFIELD             42.12N 72.54W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPDEN            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON ARCADIA BLVD.

 

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EAST LONGMEADOW         42.07N 72.52W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPDEN            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LUDLOW                  42.17N 72.48W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPDEN            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            2 TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN

 

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHARLTON                42.13N 71.97W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            4 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN

 

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WEBSTER                 42.05N 71.87W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

            WHITE PINE SPLIT IN HALF.

 

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WORCESTER               42.27N 71.81W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON HOLLYWOOD AND WEST BOWYLSTON 

            STS.TREES ARE A FOOT IN DIAMETER

 

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WORCESTER               42.27N 71.81W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            2 TO 5 INCH BRANCHES DOWN ON BELMONT ST. NUMEROUS TREES 

            AND WIRES DOWN ON GROVE ST. GROVE ST CLOSED.

 

0537 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WESTBOROUGH             42.27N 71.62W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   NWS EMPLOYEE    

 

            LIMBS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN.

 

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     THOMPSON                41.95N 71.87W 

08/02/2006                   WINDHAM            CT   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            THREE 6 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN.

 

0541 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WEST BOYLSTON           42.37N 71.78W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 140.

 

0550 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MEDWAY                  42.13N 71.40W 

08/02/2006                   NORFOLK            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            LARGE BRANCHES AND WIRES DOWN

 

0550 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ASHLAND                 42.25N 71.47W 

08/02/2006                   MIDDLESEX          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            8 INCH OAK TREES DOWN BLOCKING OAK ST.

 

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     AUBURN                  42.20N 71.83W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            LARGE TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROAD IN THE COLLEGE HILL AREA.

 

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SHREWSBURY              42.30N 71.72W 

08/02/2006                   WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            FOUR LARGE TREES DOWN.

 

0607 PM     LIGHTNING        WALPOLE                 42.14N 71.24W 

08/02/2006                   NORFOLK            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            STRUCTURE FIRE.

 

0607 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MEDWAY                  42.13N 71.40W 

08/02/2006                   NORFOLK            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN BLOCKING SUMMER ST.

 

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FOXBOROUGH              42.07N 71.25W 

08/02/2006                   NORFOLK            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE BLOCKING PINE ST.

 

0616 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MEDWAY                  42.13N 71.40W 

08/02/2006                   NORFOLK            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREE ON VAN ON WINTHROP ST.

 

0616 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SHARON                  42.12N 71.18W 

08/02/2006                   NORFOLK            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN.

 

0620 PM     HAIL             SHARON                  42.12N 71.18W 

08/02/2006  E0.75 INCH       NORFOLK            MA   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BROCKTON                42.08N 71.03W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

            8 INCH TREE DOWN.

 

0628 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BROCKTON                42.08N 71.03W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            WIRES DOWN AT JUNCTION RT 24 AND 138. 

 

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KILLINGLY               41.83N 71.87W 

08/02/2006                   WINDHAM            CT   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN IN WEST KILLINGLY.

 

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WEST BRIDGEWATER        42.02N 71.00W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN BLOCKING DRIVEWAY. TREE DOWN ON

            A HOUSE ON WALNUT ST. LARGE TREES DOWN ON PLEASANT ST. 

 

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FOSTER                  41.85N 71.77W 

08/02/2006                   PROVIDENCE         RI   CO-OP OBSERVER  

 

            TREE DOWN ON RTE 101

 

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EAST BRIDGEWATER        42.03N 70.95W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            6 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN ON WASHINGTON ST. LARGE 

            TREE DOWN AT JUNCTION RT 27 AND 123.

 

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TAUNTON                 41.90N 71.09W 

08/02/2006                   BRISTOL            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN ON BIRCH ST. 12 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN ON

            PLEASANT ST.

 

0642 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HANSON                  42.06N 70.85W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            2 LARGE TREES DOWN.

 

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EAST BRIDGEWATER        42.03N 70.95W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            WIRES DOWN.

 

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WHITMAN                 42.08N 70.93W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN AT RTE 18 AND 27.

 

0647 PM     TSTM WND GST     PLYMOUTH                41.96N 70.68W 

08/02/2006  M58.00 MPH       PLYMOUTH           MA   ASOS            

 

0648 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FOXBOROUGH              42.07N 71.25W 

08/02/2006                   NORFOLK            MA   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND TREES ON HOUSES.

 

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EAST BRIDGEWATER        42.03N 70.95W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            LARGE TREE DOWN INTO A GARAGE AT JUNCTON RTES 18 AND 106.

 

 

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WHITMAN                 42.08N 70.93W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN ON SCHOOL ST. 

 

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SHARON                  42.12N 71.18W 

08/02/2006                   NORFOLK            MA   PUBLIC          

 

            TREE DOWN ON SUFFOLK ROAD. THIS REPORT COURTESY A 

            METEOROLOGISTS SISTER. 

 

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BROCKTON                42.08N 71.03W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN AND RTE 123 CLOSED.

 

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ABINGTON                42.12N 70.96W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES DOWN ON LEONARD ST.

 

0651 PM     LIGHTNING        SWANSEA                 41.75N 71.18W 

08/02/2006                   BRISTOL            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOUSE AT ROUTE 6.

 

0705 PM     TSTM WND GST     PORTSMOUTH              41.60N 71.25W 

08/02/2006  M46.00 MPH       NEWPORT            RI   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            COMMON FENCE POINT.

 

0710 PM     HAIL             TIVERTON                41.65N 71.20W 

08/02/2006  E0.75 INCH       NEWPORT            RI   CO-OP OBSERVER  

 

            3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL.

 

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TIVERTON                41.65N 71.20W 

08/02/2006                   NEWPORT            RI   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON MAIN ST.

 

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PORTSMOUTH              41.60N 71.25W 

08/02/2006                   NEWPORT            RI   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON SEVERAL STREETS.

 

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PORTSMOUTH              41.60N 71.25W 

08/02/2006                   NEWPORT            RI   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            WIRES DOWN ON MIDDLE ROAD

 

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DARTMOUTH               41.57N 71.00W 

08/02/2006                   BRISTOL            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES AND TREES DOWN ON SEVERAL STREETS.

            WIRES DOWN ON SEVERAL STREETS.

 

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW BEDFORD             41.66N 70.94W 

08/02/2006                   BRISTOL            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            6 TO 12 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN ON MANY STREETS. 

            SEVERAL 1 TO 2 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN ON SEVERAL 

            STREET. 

 

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW BEDFORD             41.66N 70.94W 

08/02/2006                   BRISTOL            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            1 LARGE TREE DOWN AND 6 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN 

            ON WELLS AND HAWTHORNE STREETS. POLE DOWN ON HOUSE ON 

            GRAPE ST. 

 

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FAIRHAVEN               41.65N 70.82W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON WASHBURN AND ELM ST. 

 

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW BEDFORD             41.66N 70.94W 

08/02/2006                   BRISTOL            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            7 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES ON COURT ST. 

 

0740 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FAIRHAVEN               41.65N 70.82W 

08/02/2006                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            6 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN...FENCES DAMAGED AND WIRES 

            DOWN IN FORT PHOENIX SECTION.

 

0919 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SPRINGFIELD             42.12N 72.54W 

08/02/2006                   HAMPDEN            MA   AMATEUR RADIO   

 

            ROOF OFF A MULTI STORY APT HOUSE. POSSIBLE 50 PEOPLE 

            HOMELESS. 8 LARGE TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND THE ROSSEVELT 

            AREA. 2 TO 3 TREES DOWN ON HOMES. 20 VERY LARGE BRANCHES.

            TIME APPROXIMATE. 

 

 

??

 

$$

 

DRAG/AED

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)

ARES SKYWARN Coordinator

Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator

Pager #: (508) 354-3142

Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)

Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)

Work Phone #: 1-800-445-2588 Ext.: 72929 (8 AM-5 PM)

Email Address: rmacedo at rcn.com

http://users.rcn.com/rmacedo

 


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