SKYWARN Newsletter #234

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Hello to all....

SKYWARN Newsletter #234 is dedicated to the Major Severe Weather

Outbreak of Tuesday July 11th, 2006. This Major Severe Weather

Outbreak was the biggest severe event since July 6th, 1999. The

NWS Taunton Local Storm Report featured 60 severe weather reports,

meaning reports of hail and wind damage. The LSR also had an

additional 20 flood reports for a total of 80 reports. This puts

this event as one of the larger severe episodes to affect the region

over the past 10 years. The July 6th, 1999 event had 65 severe weather

reportable events. Other events that have significant magnitude

include the July 3rd, 1997 and May 31st, 1998 which remain benchmark

events for severe weather in Southern New England over the past

10 years.

The July 11th, 2006 severe weather outbreak started around 1 PM with

NWS Taunton operations starting around 1230 PM under call-sign WX1BOX.

Operators involved included Rob Macedo-KD1CY, Carl Aveni-N1FY,

Mike "Sparky" Leger-N1YLQ, and Phil McLaughlin-KB1CYO. About a dozen

repeaters were active in the operation along with the New England

VoIP gateway system, EchoLink Node #: 9123, and IRLP reflector 9123

with reports of hail ranging from penny sized to 3" in diameter

which is larger than baseball size hail. In addition significant

reports of wind damage with many large trees down were reported in

various towns. The first significant report of wind damage came from

Wendell, Massachusetts with 3 roads blocked by fallen trees.

Further details included the sighting of funnel clouds by several

people in the area and significant damage including damage to homes

by fallen trees and a large trailer that was damaged. This turned

out to be a microburst with a F2 Tornado that affected the town of

Wendell, Massachusetts after a survey from NWS Taunton that included

support from Western Massachusetts Amateur Radio SKYWARN Coordinator,

Ray Weber, KA1JJM, and support from the Massachusetts Emergency

Management Agency and the Massachusetts Department of

Conservation among other agencies. SKYWARN Nets on the

146.985-Greenfield Repeater helped to relay and corroborate this

information.

Across the North Shore of Massachusetts, the area got pounded

repeatedly by supercell storms. These supercell storms had huge

hail shafts where reports of Half Dollar to Golf Ball to Baseball

sized hail fell across Salisbury, Marblehead, and Peabody

Massachusetts. Penny to Ping-Pong Ball Sized hail fell across Amesbury,

Newburyport, Salem, Saugus, Swampscott, Boxford, Lynn, and Malden,

Massachusetts. Amateur Radio SKYWARN Spotters also spotted a funnel

cloud on the Danvers-Topsfield line that was followed all the way

offshore of Ipswich and eventually formed a waterspout offshore of

Ipswich. Two of those spotters were North Shore ARES Emergency

Coordinator and Assistant SKYWARN Coordinator, Jim Palmer-KB1KQW

and Phil Knight-N1HWA, long-time SKYWARN Spotter and Net Control

for North Shore SKYWARN. Jim was able to capture the funnel cloud

via a video and the video was shown on area newscasts. Flooding

was also reported in the North Shore with flooding reported into

the home of Jeff Arnold-K1EMS, North Shore SKYWARN Coordinator.

Jeff also sustained a lightning strike that damaged some Ham

Radio and electrical work at his home. Reports of trees, wires and

branches down were received in Peabody, Salem, Lynn and Beverly,

Massachusetts. In Marblehead, Massachusetts around 4 PM, significant

trees were blown down along with about 25-50 boats were damaged that

were on moorings and docked after a regatta. Yacht clubs and other

people in the area saw measured wind gusts of 98, 95 and 74 MPH

respectively. With the assistance of Jim Palmer-KB1KQW, Police/Fire

officials and Senior Forecaster Walter Drag from NWS Taunton, two

microbursts occurred in this area of F1 intensity. The bulk of

these reports came in between 3-430 PM with the Salisbury and Amesbury

reports coming in between 140-200 PM. Many of these reports were

handled via the 145.470-Danvers Repeater sponsored by the North

Shore Radio Association.

During the severe weather and lasting for 60-90 minutes after the

severe weather had passed, significant urban and poor drainage

flooding affected North Shore communities and communities just

outside of the Boston area. Numerous reports of street flooding

with 1-3 feet of water with isolated higher amounts affected

Peabody, Salem, Beverly, Lynn, Malden and Wakefield, Massachusetts

among other communities.

It is noted that just outside the NWS Taunton County Warning Area,

Significant hail occurred in Exeter, New Hampshire with Golf Ball

to Tennis ball sized hail reported with many cars dented and

windshields damaged by the hail. This activity occurred between

1230-130 PM. Amateur Operators reported this information on the

145.47-Danvers Repeater later that evening.

Across Central and interior Eastern Massachusetts, Severe

Thunderstorms occurred in waves over the area. From the beginning

of the event, Penny Sized Hail occurred in Auburn, Massachusetts,

with numerous small limbs and a couple of large limbs down in Grafton,

Massachusetts between 1 and 2 PM. Later in the day, W1CDA-Tom Muise

called from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency State EOC

reporting Quarter Sized Hail in Framingham, Massachusetts. Trees

were blown down in Marlborough and Sudbury, Massachusetts. Tom

also confirmed significant damage in Wendell, Massachusetts with

the funnel cloud sightings that were heard about previously.

Additional wind damage reports came in from Worcester County in

Oxford, Leicester and Boylston, Massachusetts with a lightning strike

to Athol Memorial Hospital in Athol between 3-345 PM. Flooding

was also reported in the four corners section of Oxford,

Massachusetts. In Middlesex County, strong winds took down trees

and wires in the towns of Wakefield, Malden and Wilmington,

Massachusetts with Nickel Sized Hail in Wakefield, Massachusetts

also reported. These reports occurred between 3:30-4:30 PM and

were received via the 145.23-Boston, 146.970-Paxton, 146.925-Worcester,

146.955-Westford and 146.64-Waltham Repeaters.

Across Northern Connecticut, severe weather occurred between 2-3 PM

with Nickel Sized Hail reported in West Granby, CT, 4" limbs and

trees down in New Britain, CT around 220 PM and trees down in

Glastonbury, CT at 245 PM. Reports were fielded by the Northern

Connecticut Weather Net on the 146.790-Vernon, CT Repeater through

IRLP with Roger Jeanfaivre-K1PAI and K1PZS-Harvey Broverman handling

net control duties. Ray Weber-KA1JJM assisted with the forwarding

of reports as activity in Central and Eastern Massachusetts tied

up radio resources at NWS Taunton.

In Southwest Massachusetts, activity would fire later in the evening

between 630-730 PM. With a Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for

Eastern Hampden County until 715 PM. SKYWARN was active on the

146.940-Mount Tom Repeater. Nickel Sized Hail was reported in

Hampden, Massachusetts with trees and wires down on Liberty Street

in Springfield and a tree down through the roof of a home on Stoney

Brook Road. Significant street flooding with a tree down was

reported on Wilbraham Road. Warnings were issued in Northern

Connecticut but the activity weakened before reaching this area. Also,

Large Limbs were reported down in Ware, Massachusetts as the activity

moved through the region.

The SKYWARN Activation was secured by 8 PM but operations continued

well into the night as preliminary damage assessment was done by

Amateur Radio Operators in Wendell and Marblehead, Massachusetts to

make official survey work by NWS forecasters easy to complete. NWS

Taunton forecasters praised the efforts of Jim Palmer-KB1KQW and

Ray Weber-KA1JJM on the preliminary damage assessment work.

The American Radio Relay League picked up the story on this severe

weather outbreak and Amateur Radio Operator's role in assisting

the National weather Service with protection of life and property

through the SKYWARN program. A link to that article appears below:

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/07/12/3/?nc=1

This concludes the Severe Weather Outbreak report for the Tuesday

July 11th, 2006. Below is the latest Public Information Statement

on the Microbursts of Marblehead, Massachusetts and the Microburst

and F2 Tornado in Wendell, Massachusetts and the latest and corrected

Local Storm Report from NWS Taunton:

NOUS41 KBOX 141911

PNSBOX

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-151911-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

311 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006

COMPILATION OF TWO STORM SURVEYS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JULY 11

2006.

...MARBLEHEAD MASSACHUSETTS MULTIPLE MICROBURST 357-430 PM

TUESDAY JULY 11 2006...

A NATIONAL WEATHER STORM SURVEY OF STORM DAMAGE HAS REACHED A

PRELIMINARY CONCLUSION THAT MULTIPLE WET MICROBURSTS AFFECTED

MARBLEHEAD NECK AND THE ADJACENT WATERS BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY

357 PM AND 430 PM ON TUESDAY JULY 11TH.

THIS SURVEY INCLUDED VISUAL ASSESSMENT...INTERVIEWS WITH MANY ALONG

THE PRIMARY DAMAGE PATH...RECEIPT OF WIND INSTRUMENT WINDS SPEEDS...

NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS AND CORRELATION WITH NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA

CENTER /NCDC/ ARCHIVED TAUNTON RADAR REFLECTIVITY...VELOCITY AND

SPECTRUM WIDTH DATA.

WESTERLY WINDS OF ABOUT 90 MILES AN HOUR OCCURRED IN THE CORE DAMAGE

ZONE CENTERED FROM MARBLEHEAD HARBOR SOUTHWEST OF THE CORINTHIAN

YACHT CLUB /CYC/ CUTTING ACROSS CORINTHIAN LANE THEN ACROSS THE

SOUTHERN PORTION OF BARKER LANE AND OUT TO SEA. THE LAND DAMAGE PATH

WAS SHORT...PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE LAND IS ONLY ABOUT 700 FEET WIDE

FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT AND EXIT ACROSS MARBLEHEAD NECK.

THERE WERE NO KNOWN INJURIES.

THE MAIN DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET WIDE. IT CONSISTED OF

PRIMARILY TREE DAMAGE AND COMPARATIVELY MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG

WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO SAILING VESSELS AND AT LEAST ONE AUTO.

SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ABOUT 600 FEET NORTH OF THE STREET

SURVEYED CORE DAMAGE PATH...NEAR MANLEY STREET...AS WELL VARIABLE

DISTANCES TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CORE PATH...BEGINNING ON

FOSTER STREET NEAR THE HARBOR AVENUE INTERSECTION THEN UP TO THE

EASTERN YACHT CLUB FINALLY TO OCEAN AVENUE NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH

HARBOR AVENUE.

THERE WAS A TIGHT GRADIENT TO THE PRIMARY DAMAGE CORE.

TAUNTON RADAR IMPLIED STRONG ROTATION VIA VELOCITY DATA...AND ALSO

STRONG SHEAR IN SPECTRUM WIDTH DATA...INDICATING TURBULENT FLOW ALOFT

IN THE INTERFACE BETWEEN A PORTION OF THE UPDRAFT AND THE WET

MICROBURST DOWNDRAFT FROM A CONSTANTLY ENLARGING STORM SYSTEM.

MULTIPLE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS SPOKE OF A WIND DRIVEN DAMAGE FROM WEST

TO EAST.

THERE WAS ONE REPORT OF A WATERSPOUT FROM A PATRON AT RESTAURANT

ACROSS THE HARBOR BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO INTERVIEW THAT PERSON.

THIS 4 PM STORM REPORTEDLY DID HAVE HAIL PRECEDING IT...ESTIMATED 1.5

INCH DIAMETER AT APPROXIMATELY 355 PM...BUT THIS WAS CLEARLY A

SEPARATE STORM FROM THE 305-320 PM THREE INCH DIAMETER HAILSTONE

STORM...THE SECOND LARGEST DIAMETER HAILSTONES KNOWN TO HAVE OCCURRED

IN MASSACHUSETTS.

IT IS POSSIBLE...AFTER MORE DATA ARRIVES...INCLUDING EVALUATION OF

STORM RELATIVE MOTION DATA...BAROGRAPHS...ADDITIONAL WIND DAMAGE DATA

AND FURTHER VISUAL ACCOUNTINGS...THAT AN UPDATED POST EVENT

EVALUATION WOULD REVEAL A RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO WAS EMBEDDED IN THE

INITIAL VIOLENT WESTERLY WIND. HOWEVER THE PREPONDERANCE OF

INFORMATION GLEANED THROUGH 3 PM FRIDAY JULY 14TH...SUGGESTS THAT WAS

A STRAIGHT LINE WIND EVENT.

THE FOLLOWING IS TIME APPROXIMATE AND MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED IN THE

FINAL REPORT FOUND IN THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER DOCUMENT

TITLED...STORM DATA. STORM DATA WILL ALSO REFLECT LATER UPDATED TIME

INFORMATION ON THE EVENTS ALREADY LISTED.

AT ABOUT 340 PM TO 345 PM...APPARENT NORTHEAST WIND STORM OUTFLOW

FROM STORMS TRAVELING WEST TO EAST...JUST NORTH OF MARBLEHEAD...

ARRIVED AT THE MOUTH OF MARBLEHEAD HARBOR CAUSING SEA SPRAY. FOR

THOSE REVIEWING VELOCITY DATA IN THE 0.4 DEGREE SLICE...THE

CENTERPOINT OF THE TAUNTON RADAR BEAM AT THIS DISTANCE INTERSECTS THE

ATMOSPHERE/STORMS AT ABOUT 2000 FEET. THE NORTHEAST SURFACE OUTFLOW

PROBABLY WAS MUCH SHALLOWER AND UNDERCUT THE WIND FIELDS SEEN AT 2000

FEET.

SOMETIME BETWEEN 357 PM - 4 PM... A WHITE TEMPEST WAS REPORTED TO

HAVE DEVELOPED OVER MARBLEHEAD HARBOR ON THE NECK SIDE OF THE

HARBOR...ESTIMATED BY THE CYC RACE CHAIR TO BEGIN ABOUT 300 YARDS

UPSTREAM FROM THE DOCK...AND ADVANCED TOWARD THE CORINTHIAN YACHT

CLUB /CYC/ LIFTING 30 FOOT SAILING VESSELS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET IN

THE AIR AND CATAPULTING THEM END OVER END TOWARD THE DOCK. AN

ANEMOMETER ON THE CYC DOCK WAS VIEWED TO REACH 95 MPH BEFORE IT BLEW

OFF ITS MAST. A SAILING REGATTA HAD JUST FINISHED AND THERE WERE

REPORTS OF PEOPLE BEING PINNED TO THE YACHT CLUB PORCH WALL BY THE

WIND AS SAFETY WAS SOUGHT BY MANY. AT THE CLUB ITSELF AN ANEMOMETER

TOPPED OUT AT 60 MPH.

ONE ANEMOMETER ON CORINTHIAN LANE AT 401 PM RECORDED 74 MPH...TIME

APPROXIMATE...WHILE A FAMILY MEMBER WAS WATCHING BRANCHES PEEL OFF A

TREE AT ABOUT 414 PM...AGAIN TIME ESTIMATED.

POLICE LOGS INDICATE THE FIRST CALL FOR TREES DOWN WAS AT 416 PM.

WIND AND OR DEBRIS BLEW OUT SOME WINDOWS ON HOMES ALONG CORINTHIAN

LANE AND MUCH OF THE SHORN TREE DAMAGE WITH BRANCHES ESTIMATED 9

INCHES TO A FOOT IN DIAMETER...WERE TORN OFF THE MID AND UPPER

PORTIONS OF TREES EITHER SIDE OF CORINTHIAN LANE AND THEN ACROSS

HARBOR AVENUE ONTO PROPERTIES SOUTH OF BARKER LANE.

THERE WERE MANY REPORTS OF EXCESSIVELY HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANYING OR

JUST FOLLOWING THIS BURST OF DAMAGING WIND...VISIBILITY DOWN TO 5

FEET...WINDOWS FOGGING AND AT LEAST ONE REPORT EARS POPPING... THE

LATTER POSSIBLY RELATED TO A RAPID CHANGE IN AIR PRESSURE NEAR THE

TIME OF THIS EVENT.

ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE ESTIMATES FOR BOTH HARD AND SOFTWOOD COMBINED

WITH ANEMOMETER READINGS THAT WERE NOT CHECKED FOR CALIBRATION BOTH

IN TIME AND WIND SPEED...STRONGLY IMPLY WIND SPEEDS OF NEAR 90 MILES

AN HOUR.

THAT WAS THE FIRST MICROBURST...

WINDS CONTINUED TO BLOW STRONG AFTER THE INITIAL DAMAGE BURST..THEN

THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE REPORT OF A SUDDEN SHIFT TO A SOUTHERLY WIND

COMPONENT PROBABLY SOMETIME BETWEEN 420 PM AND 425 PM CAUSING FURTHER

DAMAGE ON CORINTHIAN LANE AND POSSIBLY CONFUSING DEBRIS PATTERN

ASSESSMENT. THE REPORT BELOW ALSO SUPPORTS THIS SECONDARY

MICROBURST EVENT.

REPORTS FROM WEATHERFLOW WIND INSTRUMENTS ON CHILDREN'S ISLAND ABOUT

1 MILE TO THE NORTHEAST OF MARBLEHEAD NECK AND KINDLY SHARED WITH THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WERE AS FOLLOW...

425PM 285 DEGS 11 GUST 26 MPH

430PM 230 DEGS 48 GUST 73 MPH

435PM 195 DEGS 18 GUST 47 MPH

440PM 92 DEGS 16 GUST 24 MPH.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCEPT BARAOGRAPH TRACES...DETAILED ANEMOMETER

INFORMATION AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS BOTH VERBAL AND VIDEO.

WE EXTEND APPRECIATION TO THE NUMEROUS OFFICIALS /POLICE-FIRE/

SKYWARN SUPPORT...EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS-REPORTS FROM THE CORINTHIAN...

EASTERN AND PLEON YACHT CLUBS AS WELL AS THOSE ALONG CORINTHIAN AND

BARKER LANES WHO WILLINGLY SHARED A RECOUNTING OF EVENTS TOWARD A

BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESSES INVOLVED.

NOW TO THE TORNADO IN WENDELL MASSACHUSETTS BELOW...

...MICROBURST AND F2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN WENDELL MASSACHUSETTS ON

TUESDAY JULY 11...

A DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN WENDELL MASSACHUSETTS TODAY BY THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON...IN COOPERATION WITH THE SKYWARN

AMATEUR RADIO COORDINATOR FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE

MASSACHUSETTS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY...THE MASSACHUSETTS

DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION...AND THE ATHOL FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

BASED UPON THE DAMAGE SURVEY...INTERVIEWS WITH EYEWITNESSES AND

DOPPLER RADAR DATA...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A COMBINATION

OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE AND A TORNADO...WHICH HAS BEEN RATED AS

A STRONG F2 WITH WIND SPEEDS NEAR 155 MPH.

DAMAGE BEGAN AROUND 230 PM EDT...ABOUT 200 YARDS WEST OF MONTAGUE

ROAD. STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM MONTAGUE ROAD 1.5

MILES EAST TO WICKET POND IN THE WENDELL STATE FOREST. LARGE

OAK...MAPLE AND PINE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED IN THIS AREA.

SOME OAKS JUST OVER TWO FEET IN DIAMETER WERE SNAPPED ABOUT 10 TO

15 FEET FROM THE GROUND. DAMAGE FROM THE MICROBURST EXTENDED ALONG A

PATH OF ONE AND A HALF MILES IN LENGTH...AND ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO

300 YARDS WIDE. WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS 90 MPH.

TORNADO DAMAGE FIRST APPEARED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WICKET

POND. AN EYEWITNESS REPORTED SEEING A 6 FOOT WAVE FORM ON THE POND.

IN ADDITION...THE PARK SUPERVISOR REPORTED THAT THE LEVEL OF THE POND

WAS LOWERED 6 TO 8 INCHES BY THE STORM. ON THE WEST SIDE OF WICKET

POND MANY TREES SNAPPED 15 TO 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND...WITH DEBRIS

IN A CHAOTIC PATTERN.

THE NEXT AREA OF DAMAGE WAS ON WICKET POND ROAD WHERE THE MOST SEVERE

DAMAGE OCCURRED. TREES AS LARGE AS 3 FEET IN DIAMETER WERE UPROOTED.

BARK WAS STRIPPED OFF TREES AND A HOUSE HAD PART OF ITS ROOF TORN

OFF. THE TORNADO TRACKED TO THE EAST ALONG WICKET POND ROAD...

PASSING OVER DEPOT ROAD WHICH IS IN WENDELL CENTER. PART OF A ROOF

WAS TORN OFF AN OLD BARN AND MANY TREES WERE UPROOTED.

AFTER CROSSING DEPOT ROAD...THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK TO THE

EAST...PASSING NORTH OF MORSE VILLAGE ROAD. A CONSTRUCTION STORAGE

TRAILER WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND ITS ROOF WAS WRAPPED AROUND

A TREE. TREES WERE ALSO UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN THIS AREA. DAMAGE

CAME TO AN END ABOUT ONE HALF MILE EAST OF NEW SALEM ROAD NEAR A

POWER LINE.

THE PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 2.9 MILES LONG.

ITS AVERAGE WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS...VARYING FROM 100 TO 300 YARDS.

$$

DRAG FOR MARBLEHEAD

AL DUNHAM FOR WENDELL

NWUS51 KBOX 142052 PAA

LSRBOX

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

450 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006

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

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

..REMARKS..

0124 PM HAIL AUBURN 42.20N 71.83W

07/11/2006 E0.75 INCH WORCESTER MA AMATEUR RADIO

0130 PM TSTM WND DMG MERRIMAC 42.83N 71.00W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

1 TREE DOWN

0132 PM HAIL NEWBURYPORT 42.81N 70.89W

07/11/2006 E1.00 INCH ESSEX MA TRAINED SPOTTER

0140 PM HAIL AMESBURY 42.86N 70.93W

07/11/2006 E1.50 INCH ESSEX MA TRAINED SPOTTER

0145 PM TSTM WND DMG GRAFTON 42.20N 71.68W

07/11/2006 WORCESTER MA AMATEUR RADIO

2 LARGE BRANCHES DOWN AND NUMEROUS SMALL BRANCHES DOWN

0150 PM TSTM WND DMG AMESBURY 42.86N 70.93W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON WHITEHALL ROAD

0150 PM HAIL SALISBURY 42.83N 70.84W

07/11/2006 E1.75 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

HAIL COVERED GROUND 3 INCHES DEEP

0200 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG WESTBOROUGH 42.27N 71.62W

07/11/2006 WORCESTER MA AMATEUR RADIO

TREES DOWN

0200 PM HAIL FRAMINGHAM 42.31N 71.44W

07/11/2006 E1.00 INCH MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

0200 PM TSTM WND DMG MARLBOROUGH 42.35N 71.55W

07/11/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

TREES DOWN

0200 PM TSTM WND DMG GROTON 42.61N 71.57W

07/11/2006 MIDDLESEX MA TRAINED SPOTTER

4 AND A HALF INCH BRANCH DOWN AND MUMEROUS SMALLER

BRANCHES DOWN

0200 PM TSTM WND DMG SUDBURY 42.37N 71.40W

07/11/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

LARGE TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON LINCOLN LANE

0208 PM HAIL GRANBY 41.95N 72.78W

07/11/2006 E0.88 INCH HARTFORD CT AMATEUR RADIO

0210 PM HAIL BERLIN 41.62N 72.75W

07/11/2006 E0.75 INCH HARTFORD CT TRAINED SPOTTER

0230 PM FUNNEL CLOUD WENDELL 42.55N 72.40W

07/11/2006 FRANKLIN MA AMATEUR RADIO

SIGHTED IN THE MORSE VILLAGE ROAD...WENDELL DEPOT ROAD

AND MONTAGUE ROAD AREAS

0230 PM TSTM WND DMG WENDELL 42.55N 72.40W

07/11/2006 FRANKLIN MA AMATEUR RADIO

2 HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO STRONG TSTM WINDS

0230 PM TSTM WND DMG MONTAGUE 42.53N 72.53W

07/11/2006 FRANKLIN MA AMATEUR RADIO

TREES DOWN

0230 PM TSTM WND DMG WENDELL 42.55N 72.40W

07/11/2006 FRANKLIN MA AMATEUR RADIO

3 AREAS OF TREES DOWN AND ROADS BLOCKED

0245 PM TSTM WND DMG GLASTONBURY 41.70N 72.60W

07/11/2006 HARTFORD CT TRAINED SPOTTER

TREES DOWN

0253 PM FUNNEL CLOUD TOPSFIELD 42.64N 70.96W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

0310 PM HAIL MARBLEHEAD 42.48N 70.87W

07/11/2006 E3.00 INCH ESSEX MA TRAINED SPOTTER

0310 PM HAIL PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W

07/11/2006 E0.88 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

0315 PM HAIL SALEM 42.53N 70.87W

07/11/2006 E1.50 INCH ESSEX MA TRAINED SPOTTER

AT SALEM STATE COLLEGE

0316 PM HAIL PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W

07/11/2006 E0.75 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

0320 PM HAIL BILLERICA 42.55N 71.27W

07/11/2006 E1.00 INCH MIDDLESEX MA TRAINED SPOTTER

THREE QUARTER TO ONE INCH HAIL

0320 PM HAIL MARBLEHEAD 42.48N 70.87W

07/11/2006 E2.00 INCH ESSEX MA TRAINED SPOTTER

ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCH HAIL

0320 PM HAIL MARBLEHEAD 42.48N 70.87W

07/11/2006 E1.00 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL

0320 PM HAIL SALEM 42.53N 70.87W

07/11/2006 E1.00 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL

0322 PM TSTM WND DMG GROVELAND 42.75N 71.03W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON MAIN STREET

0325 PM LIGHTNING ATHOL 42.59N 72.23W

07/11/2006 WORCESTER MA AMATEUR RADIO

ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

0330 PM TSTM WND DMG OXFORD 42.12N 71.87W

07/11/2006 WORCESTER MA AMATEUR RADIO

4 INCH BRANCHES DOWN

0330 PM FLOOD OXFORD 42.12N 71.87W

07/11/2006 WORCESTER MA AMATEUR RADIO

FOUR CORNERS HAS 1 FOOT OF WATER

0330 PM TSTM WND DMG LEICESTER 42.25N 71.90W

07/11/2006 WORCESTER MA TRAINED SPOTTER

LARGE TREE DOWN DUE TO LIGHTNING AND WIND

0337 PM TSTM WND DMG BOYLSTON 42.35N 71.73W

07/11/2006 WORCESTER MA LAW ENFORCEMENT

TREES AND 3 INCH LIMBS DOWN

0340 PM HAIL WAKEFIELD 42.50N 71.07W

07/11/2006 E0.88 INCH MIDDLESEX MA TRAINED SPOTTER

0345 PM FLOOD WAKEFIELD 42.50N 71.07W

07/11/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

NAHANT ST HAS FLOODING

0352 PM HAIL PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W

07/11/2006 E1.75 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

0353 PM WATER SPOUT IPSWICH 42.68N 70.83W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

WATERSPOUT SEEN OFFSHORE

0355 PM HAIL MALDEN 42.43N 71.06W

07/11/2006 E1.00 INCH MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

0356 PM FLOOD PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

FLOODING INTO HOME.

0400 PM HAIL SAUGUS 42.47N 71.02W

07/11/2006 E0.75 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

0400 PM HAIL WOBURN 42.49N 71.16W

07/11/2006 E1.25 INCH MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

PENNY TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN THE UNICORN OFFICE PARK

AREA

0400 PM TSTM WND DMG MARBLEHEAD 42.48N 70.87W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

4PM APPROX TIME...2 DOZEN TOPS OF TREES BLOWN DOWN. 20 TO

30 BOATS COLLAPSED ON MARBLEHEAD NECK AT CORINTHIAN YACHT

CLUB.

0405 PM TSTM WND DMG WAKEFIELD 42.50N 71.07W

07/11/2006 MIDDLESEX MA TRAINED SPOTTER

TREES DOWN

0410 PM TSTM WND DMG MALDEN 42.43N 71.06W

07/11/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

NUMEROUS 2 TO 3 INCH BRANCHES DOWN ON SEVERAL STREETS

0410 PM HAIL LYNN 42.47N 70.96W

07/11/2006 E0.88 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

0415 PM HAIL SALEM 42.53N 70.87W

07/11/2006 E0.88 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

0415 PM FLOOD BEVERLY 42.56N 70.84W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA TRAINED SPOTTER

STREET FLOODING

0418 PM HAIL SWAMPSCOTT 42.47N 70.89W

07/11/2006 E0.75 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

0420 PM TSTM WND DMG LYNN 42.47N 70.96W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

8 INCH LIMBS DOWN ON EASTERN STREET

0420 PM TSTM WND DMG WILMINGTON 42.56N 71.17W

07/11/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

2 FEET DIAMETER TREES DOWN OFF OF INTERSTATE 93 SOUTH

NEAR RTE 129

0420 PM FLOOD SALEM 42.53N 70.87W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

WATER ON HIGHLAND AVE

0420 PM FLOOD LYNN 42.47N 70.96W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

RTE 129 FLOODED WITH CAR STRUCK IN ROAD

0420 PM TSTM WND DMG SALEM 42.53N 70.87W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

HALF DOZEN 3 INCH LIMBS DOWN ON LORING AVENUE

0425 PM HAIL SALEM 42.53N 70.87W

07/11/2006 E1.50 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

HAIL WAS REPORTED MOFFAT STREET

0425 PM FLOOD SALEM 42.53N 70.87W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

HOPE ST IMPASSABLE DUE TO 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER

0430 PM HAIL BOXFORD 42.67N 70.99W

07/11/2006 E0.88 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

RTE 95 AT EXIT 55

0430 PM TSTM WND DMG BEVERLY 42.56N 70.84W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

TREE DOWN ONTO A POWER LINE ON KENWOOD AVENUE

0430 PM TSTM WND DMG SALEM 42.53N 70.87W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

HIGH TENSION WIRES DOWN

0430 PM TSTM WND DMG PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

2 LARGE TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADS. ONE WAS DOWN ON CHESTNUT

STREET AND THE OTHER ON PROSPECT STREET.

0430 PM TSTM WND DMG PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

POWER LINES DOWN

0430 PM TSTM WND DMG PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

4 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN ON TREMONT STREET

0432 PM HAIL HARDWICK 42.35N 72.20W

07/11/2006 E0.75 INCH WORCESTER MA AMATEUR RADIO

0432 PM FLOOD LYNN 42.47N 70.96W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

RTE 129 FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO A SUPERMARKET PLAZA

FLOODED WITH CARS STUCK IN THE FLOOD WATERS

0435 PM FLOOD BEVERLY 42.56N 70.84W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

BEACH CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT LOTHROP AND DANE STREETS

0435 PM FLOOD SAUGUS 42.47N 71.02W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

RTE 1 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0439 PM FLOOD LYNN 42.47N 70.96W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

CHATHAM STREET FLOODED WITH 1 TO 1.5 FEET OF WATER AT

MBTA BRIDGE

0439 PM FLOOD SWAMPSCOTT 42.47N 70.89W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

ATLANTIC AVENUE AT PURITAN ROAD FLOODED WITH ONE FOOT OF

WATER

0443 PM FLOOD LYNNFIELD 42.54N 71.04W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

RTE 1 SOUTH AT RTE 129...LYNNFIELD TUNNEL FLOODED WITH

4-5 FEET OF WATER

0445 PM FLOOD PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

2.5 FEET OF WATER FLOODED SHELDON AND MARGIN STREETS

0445 PM FLOOD SALEM 42.53N 70.87W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

NORTH STREET AT OAKLAND STREET FLOODED WITH 1 FOOT OF

WATER

0448 PM FLOOD LYNN 42.47N 70.96W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

FLOODING ON RTE 129 AROUND A LOCAL SUPERMARKET AND

DEPARTMENT STORE

0459 PM FLOOD SALEM 42.53N 70.87W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

4 FEET OF WATER FLOODING A 100 YARD SECTION OF MASON

STREET

0515 PM FLOOD MALDEN 42.43N 71.06W

07/11/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

CLIFTON AND SUMMER STREETS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0522 PM FLOOD PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W

07/11/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

WALNET AND CHESTNUT STREETS FLOODED WITH 2 FEET OF WATER.

MAIN STREET FLOODED WITH 3.5 FEET OF WATER. HOWLEY AND MT

VERNON STREETS FLOODED WITH 1-2 FEET OF WATER.

0655 PM HAIL HAMPDEN 42.07N 72.42W

07/11/2006 E0.75 INCH HAMPDEN MA AMATEUR RADIO

0655 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRINGFIELD 42.12N 72.54W

07/11/2006 HAMPDEN MA TRAINED SPOTTER

TREE DOWN ON WILBRAHAM ROAD

0658 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRINGFIELD 42.12N 72.54W

07/11/2006 HAMPDEN MA AMATEUR RADIO

TREES AND WIRES DOWN BLOCKING LIBERTY STREET. A TREE DOWN

THROUGH THE ROOF OF A HOME ON STONEY BROOK ROAD.

0700 PM FLOOD SPRINGFIELD 42.12N 72.54W

07/11/2006 HAMPDEN MA TRAINED SPOTTER

STREET FLOODING ON WILBRAHAM ROAD

0720 PM TSTM WND DMG WARE 42.25N 72.25W

07/11/2006 HAMPSHIRE MA AMATEUR RADIO

LARGE LIMBS DOWN

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@rcn.com

http://users.rcn.com/rmacedo

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