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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF EVENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
520 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

...MICROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ CONFIRMED IN
TAUNTON IN BRISTOL COUNTY MA...

LOCATION...TAUNTON IN BRISTOL COUNTY MA
DATE...AUGUST 10 2012
ESTIMATED TIME...555 PM
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...600 FEET
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/ TAUNTON IN BRISTOL
COUNTY MA ON AUGUST 10 2012.

STAFF FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY OF
AN AREA OF DAMAGE REPORTED IN A CLUSTER OF HOMES ON TREMONT STREET
AS WELL AS ANOTHER HOME ON ELDRIDGE STREET IN TAUNTON.

A TOTAL OF SIX MAPLE TREES WERE UPROOTED ON TREMONT STREET ALONG
COBBS CREEK...LANDING ON FOUR VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAY BEHIND A
HOUSE.  SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES WERE ALSO SNAPPED...AS WELL AS
SMALL SECTIONS OF SIDING TORN OFF FROM THE HOME.  A LARGE SPRUCE
TREE ABOUT EIGHT INCHES IN DIAMETER FELL INTO THE HOME NEXT
DOOR...AS WELL AS OTHER LARGE TREE LIMBS THAT WERE SNAPPED.  THE
HOME SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. TWO MORE TREES FELL BEHIND THIS
HOUSE. FINALLY...TWO MORE NEARBY HOMES SUFFERED LOSS OF LARGE TREE
LIMBS. BEHIND ONE OF THESE HOMES...ANOTHER TREE SNAPPED AND
FELL...TAKING DOWN A PORTION OF THE BACK FENCE. THE TREE DAMAGE
ALONG THIS PATH FELL IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION...FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.

ON ELDRIDGE STREET...A SILVER MAPLE TREE ABOUT SIX INCHES IN
DIAMETER WAS SNAPPED NEAR THE BASE AND FELL INTO THE BACK CORNER
OF A HOME. SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED FROM OTHER TREES. A
SHEET METAL SHED WAS FLIPPED OVER AND LANDED INTO THE HOME OWNER/S
BACK YARD FROM THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR.

BASED ON THIS SURVEY...IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT A MICROBURST
MOVED ACROSS THIS SECTION OF TAUNTON. WIND SPEEDS ARE ESTIMATED AT
70 TO 80 MPH...AND ABOUT 600 FEET IN WIDTH.

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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VALLIER-TALBOT