Post Storm/Severe Weather Coordination Message #1 – Damaging Wind and Severe Weather Outbreak – Wednesday 10/7/20

Hello to all…

..Powerful cold front and vigorous squall line of severe thunderstorms with damaging wind along and behind the severe thunderstorms causes widespread pockets of tree and power line damage as well as pockets of structural damage to structures from fallen trees and even isolated direct structural damage in some areas. Massachusetts Power Outages were as high as nearly 250,000 and now reduced to over 75,000 in Massachusetts as of 1202 PM. Additional power outages were reported in Connecticut and Rhode Island..
..Pictures and reports of storm damage and hail from the Wednesday 10/7/20 event will be helpful to document this damaging wind and severe weather outbreak. They can be sent via our WX1BOX Facebook and Twitter feeds, via the email address pics@nsradio.org or as a reply to this email. A Facebook photo album will be posted later Thursday and this post storm/severe weather coordination message will be updated later Thursday Night or Friday Morning with additional information..
..Below is the latest NWS Boston/Norton Local Storm Report and WX1BOX Amateur Radio Log on his damaging wind and severe weather outbreak from Wednesday 10/7/20..

NWS Boston/Norton Local Storm Report:
https://wx1box.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LSR_10_8_20.pdf

WX1BOX Amateur Radio Log:
https://wx1box.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/reports_10_7_20.pdf

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
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