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Old 07-28-2011, 07:59 AM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
705 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2011

...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF STORM DAMAGE FROM
HOLYOKE TO WILBRAHAM IN HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TAUNTON MA CONDUCTED A STORM
SURVEY FOR THE WILBRAHAM AND SPRINGFIELD AREAS IN HAMPDEN COUNTY
MASSACHUSETTS. THIS SURVEY WAS IN RELATION TO THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE
AFTERNOON OF JULY 26 2011.

THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF WIND DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN THE TOWN OF
WILBRAHAM. THE GREATEST DAMAGE WAS ALONG AN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILE
LONG PATH WHICH EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD
STREET...ACROSS THE COUNTRY CLUB OF WILBRAHAM...ACROSS FEDERAL LANE
TO JUST BEYOND TINKHAM ROAD. BASED ON TREE DAMAGE...THE STRONGEST
WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 90 AND 100 MPH. THE WIDTH OF THE
STRONGEST WINDS AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 250 YARDS...UP TO A MAXIMUM
WIDTH OF 600 YARDS ALONG SPRINGFIELD ROAD. BEYOND THIS CORE OF STRONGEST
WINDS...MODERATE TREE DAMAGE EXTENDED OUT TO AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF
JUST OVER A HALF A MILE.

OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA OF EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN WILBRAHAM THE TREE
DAMAGE WAS ISOLATED IN NATURE AND ONLY INVOLVED A FEW TREES AT ANY
ONE LOCATION. THIS INCLUDES AREAS OF SPRINGFIELD...CHICOPEE AND
HOLYOKE AS WELL AS WILBRAHAM OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN DAMAGE PATH. TREE
DAMAGE IN THESE ISOLATED LOCATIONS INDICATED WIND SPEEDS OF 55 TO 65
MPH.

http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&format=CI&version=1&glossary= 0&highlight=off&issuedby=BOX&product=PNS

Last edited by Cambium; 07-28-2011 at 09:20 AM..
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Old 07-28-2011, 09:35 AM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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Update: Detailed.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1035 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2011

MICROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ CONFIRMED NEAR
WILBRAHAM IN HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS...

LOCATION...WILBRAHAM IN HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS
DATE...07/26/2011
ESTIMATED TIME...448 PM EDT
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH MAXIMUM
PATH WIDTH...600 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...2 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...42.13 / 72.44W
ENDING LAT/LON...42..11N/72.44W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON MA HAS CONFIRMED A
MICROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ NEAR WILBRAHAM IN HAMPDEN
COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS ON 07/26/2011.
THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF WIND DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN THE TOWN OF
WILBRAHAM. THE GREATEST DAMAGE WAS ALONG AN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILE
LONG PATH WHICH EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD
STREET...ACROSS THE COUNTRY CLUB OF WILBRAHAM...ACROSS FEDERAL LANE
TO JUST BEYOND TINKHAM ROAD. BASED ON TREE DAMAGE...THE STRONGEST
WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 90 AND 100 MPH. THE WIDTH OF THE
STRONGEST WINDS AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 250 YARDS...UP TO A MAXIMUM
WIDTH OF 600 YARDS ALONG SPRINGFIELD ROAD. BEYOND THIS CORE OF STRONGEST
WINDS...MODERATE TREE DAMAGE EXTENDED OUT TO AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF
JUST OVER A HALF A MILE. OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA OF EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN WILBRAHAM THE TREE DAMAGE WAS ISOLATED IN NATURE AND ONLY INVOLVED A FEW TREES AT ANY
ONE LOCATION. THIS INCLUDES AREAS OF SPRINGFIELD...CHICOPEE AND
HOLYOKE AS WELL AS WILBRAHAM OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN DAMAGE PATH. TREE
DAMAGE IN THESE ISOLATED LOCATIONS INDICATED WIND SPEEDS OF 55 TO 65
MPH.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/BOX.
FOR REFERENCE...
A MICROBURST IS A CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFT WITH AN AFFECTED OUTFLOW AREA
OF LESS THAN 2 1/2 MILES WIDE AND PEAK WINDS LASTING LESS THAN
5 MINUTES. MICROBURSTS MAY INDUCE DANGEROUS HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL
WIND SHEARS...WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND
CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ARE GENERALLY ANY WIND
THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ROTATION...USED MAINLY TO DIFFERENTIATE
THEM FROM TORNADIC WINDS.
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Old 07-28-2011, 03:55 PM
 
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Thank you for the information. That area has really gotten hit hard this year. The pictures of trees snapped in half looked like tornado damage but 100 mph wind is pretty high too.
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Old 07-28-2011, 03:58 PM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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Originally Posted by in_newengland View Post
Thank you for the information. That area has really gotten hit hard this year. The pictures of trees snapped in half looked like tornado damage but 100 mph wind is pretty high too.
You're welcome. Do you happen to have any pics of it? Or sources with pics?
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Old 07-28-2011, 05:50 PM
 
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West Mass. is more Vunerable to such events because the Conn. River Valley is oreninted North to south, with the winds ahead of a cold front push the warm moist air from the atlantic up the valley, causing these severe storms.
other Major storms
1995 Great battington tornado, Housnitonic River Valley (north south)
1953 Worcester tornado, Blackstone (north south)
However Boston or Lowell are less likely to get storms like these because the winds are perpindicular to the valley so it does not prime the air for storms.
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Old 07-28-2011, 07:10 PM
 
Location: AZ
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You're welcome. Do you happen to have any pics of it? Or sources with pics?

I haven't had time to go through Wilbraham yet but from what I hear some of the same areas hit by Junes tornado were hit hard again.A friend of mines daughter was trapped on Springfield St when trees and a telephone pole fell around her car just missing it. Here's some pictures from Mass Live.

Western Massachusetts storms, the day after, July 27, 2011 | masslive.com
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