Post Storm Coordination Message #1 – Major Nor’easter Storm Summaries for 3/2/18- 3/4/18 & 3/8/18-3/9/18 Major Winter Storms & Tuesday 3/13/18 Blizzard

March 19, 2018 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all…

..Three major coastal storm/nor’easters, one of which was a blizzard, slam Southern New England on Friday 3/2/18-Sunday 3/4/18, Wednesday 3/7/18-Thursday 3/8/18 and Tuesday 3/13/18. Each storm brought significant severe weather types..
..The 3/2/18-3/14/18 major nor’easter brought heavy rainfall with river/stream/urban flooding, some heavy wet snow to far northern and western parts of the coverage area, hurricane force wind gusts with widespread pockets of tree and power line damage and power outages and numerous cycles of coastal flooding with several tide cycles of severe coastal flooding. At the height of the storm, 455,000 were without power in Massachusetts..
..The 3/7/18-3/8/18 major nor’easter brought heavy wet snowfall with widespread pockets of tree and power line damage and power outages to Connecticut, interior Rhode Island and Western, Central and Northeastern Massachusetts with strong wind gusts in the 50-60 MPH with heavy rainfall in Southeastern New England and minor coastal flooding in East Coastal Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands. At the height of the storm, 350,000 were without power in Massachusetts and 135,000 were without power in Connecticut..
..The 3/13/18 major nor’easter brought a blizzard to portions of Eastern New England, widespread heavy snowfall of 10-20″ with higher amounts of 20-28″ in Northeastern and North-Central Massachusetts, hurricane force wind gusts to Cape Cod and the Islands and Southeast New England where the hurricane force wind gusts and wet snow caused widespread pockets of tree and power line damage, and minor coastal flooding at the time of high tide. At the height of the storm, 250,000 were without power in Massachusetts with 23,000 without power in Rhode Island..
..Pictures and videos from these three major nor’easters can be sent as a reply to this email, via the WX1BOX Facebook and Twitter feeds or through the email address pics@nsradio.org with credit given to the SKYWARN Spotter/Amateur Radio Operator for the photos and videos. Photos will be posted to the WX1BOX Facebook Albums for each storm as they are received through the end of March..
..Below are links for each storm with the Raw Amateur Radio logs of reports, the NWS Taunton Local Storm Reports, NWS Taunton Public Information Statements of spotter reports including a special Public Information Statement classifying Blizzard conditions for the Tuesday 3/13/18 Blizzard and the WX1BOX Facebook Albums for each storm system..
..It is too early to comment on a potential nor’easter for Wednesday into Thursday of this week but all SKYWARN Spotters and Amateur Radio Operators should monitor forecasts and statements over the next few days..

Friday 3/2/18-Sunday 3/4/18 – Raw Amateur Radio logs:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/reports_3_2_18_3_3_18.txt
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/reports_3_4_18.txt

NWS Taunton Local Storm Report – Friday 3/2/18-Sunday 3/4/18 – Major Nor’easter:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/LSR_3_2_18_3_4_18.txt

NWS Taunton Public Information Statement – Friday 3/2/18-Sunday 3/4/18 – Major Nor’easter:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/PNS_3_2_18_to_3_3_18.txt

WX1BOX Facebook Photo Album – Friday 3/2/18-Sunday 3/4/18 – Major Nor’easter:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/wx1box/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1884897344877608

Wednesday 3/7/18-Thursday 3/8/18 – Raw Amateur Radio Logs:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/reports_3_7_18.txt

NWS Taunton Local Storm Reports – Wednesday 3/7/18-Thursday 3/8/18 – Major Winter Storm:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/LSR_3_8_18.txt

NWS Taunton Public Information Statement – Wednesday 3/7/18-Thursday 3/8/18 – Major Winter Storm:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/PNS_3_7_18_to_3_8_18.txt

WX1BOX Facebook Photo Album – Wednesday 3/7/18-Thursday 3/8/18 – Major Winter Storm/Nor’easter:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/wx1box/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1886847021349307

Tuesday March 13th, 2018 – Raw Amateur Radio Logs:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/reports_3_13_18_5.txt
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/reports_3_13_18_4.txt
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/reports_3_13_18_3.txt
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/reports_3_13_18_2.txt
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/reports_3_13_18.txt

NWS Taunton Local Storm Reports – Tuesday March 13th, 2018 Blizzard:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/LSR_3_14_18.txt

NWS Taunton Public Information Statements – Tuesday March 13th, 2018 Blizzard Snowfall & Wind Gust Reports:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/PNS_3_13_18_3_14_18.txt

NWS Taunton Public Information Statement – Tuesday March 13th, 2018 Blizzard:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/blizzard_3_14_18.txt

WX1BOX Facebook Photo Album – Tuesday March 13th, 2018 Blizzard/Major Winter Storm/Nor’easter:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/wx1box/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1897111876989488

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator
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