Post Severe Weather Coordination Message #2 – Saturday 8/8/26 Severe Weather Event – West Springfield/Springfield MA Macroburst
Hello to all…
..Significant severe weather impacted portions of Southwest and South-Central Massachusetts late Saturday Afternoon/Early Evening 8/8/26 with the Westfield/Springfield Metro area being particularly hard hit including direct structural damage to a couple of buildings. NWS has determined that a macroburst up to 70 MPH occurred in this area. Amateur Radio and non-Amateur Radio SKYWARN Spotters were instrumental in providing reports in near real-time during this severe weather event including near real-time pictures and videos of storm damage. This event occurring less than 24 hours after a severe weather event that affected Central Connecticut and to a lesser extend South-Central Massachusetts on Friday Evening 8/7/26..
..For the Saturday 8/8/26 and Friday evening 8/7/26 severe weather events, pictures and videos of wind damage, hail, flooding etc. can be sent as a reply to this email, via our Facebook/X/Bluesky feeds or the email address pics@nsradio.org with credit given to the spotter unless otherwise indicated. We posted a WX1BOX Facebook Photo Album this Monday AM 8/10/26 with credit to all that sent in photos including where photos were relayed..
..This will likely be the last Post Severe Weather Coordination Message for this event and we may add a few additional damage photos to the photo album as they are received. Below is an updated WX1BOX Amateur Radio/non-Amateur Radio Spotter log from this event, WX1BOX Facebook Photo Album NWS Boston/Norton Public Info Statement on the Macroburst, NWS Boston/Norton Local Storm Report..
WX1BOX Amateur Radio/Non-Amateur Radio Spotter Report Log:
https://wx1box.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/reports_8_8_26_rev_2.pdf
WX1BOX Facebook Photo Album:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=wx1box&set=a.1485246703637142
NWS Boston/Norton MA – Public Information Statement – Macroburst – Westfield/West Springfield/Springfield area:
https://wx1box.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/PNS-8-8-26-Macroburst-West-Springfield-Springfield-MA.pdf
NWS Boston/Norton MA – Local Storm Report:
https://wx1box.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/LSR-8-8-26.pdf
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
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