Power Outage in Springfield, MA

In Springfield, a tree was down on a vehicle and wires were down on Hartwick Street. A power pole was downed onto a house on Eleanor Road and wires were down a few homes away on Eleanor Road. Wires were also down on Blodgett Street.

Tree down on power lines on Three Rivers Road in Palmer.

At 3:52 PM EST, power lines were reported down due to a lightning strike on State Route 32 near the Ware Town Line.

Trees on Mountain and Southampton Roads were downed by thunderstorm winds. One of these trees resulted in the partial closure of Southampton Road. One power pole was snapped in half.

Power lines on Lower Hampden Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.

Low pressure strengthened rapidly as it tracked from the southern Plains to central New England, bringing a period of damaging south to southwest winds to much of eastern Massachusetts. Wind gusts as high as 62 mph in the Marstons Mills section of Barnstable and at the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, while winds gusted to 61 mph in Stowe. There were many reports of downed trees, large branches, and power lines from Hull and Hanson in Plymouth County to Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard. Several roads were temporarily closed due to fallen debris.|In addition, unseasonably warm air in place over the region led to the development of a line of severe thunderstorms, which moved through western Massachusetts ahead of a strong cold front. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires in Franklin and Hampden Counties, from Northfield, Gill, and Greenfield to Granville and Southwick. The storms weakened as they reached central Massachusetts, where the airmass was more stable.

Severe thunderstorms downed trees onto power lines in Charlemont, and brought down trees and wires in Blandford and Russell. Penny to nickel sized hail was reported in Agawam.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed in a hot and humid airmass out ahead of a weak cold front during the late afternoon and early evening hours across Massachusetts. A severe thunderstorm moving across Blandford brought large trees down on North Blandford Road near the Otis border. In addition, high tension wires were downed by lightning in Hull, causing power outages.No known injuries directly resulted from these storms.

A line of thunderstorms passed through Massachusetts, producing severe weather across Hampden, Bristol, Plymouth, and Barnstable counties during the evening hours of 22 July. Severe winds associated with these thunderstorms brought trees, power lines, and tree limbs down across Hampden county. In Southwick, trees fell down on Davis and South Longyard Roads. Severe winds also knocked several trees down in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Penny to one inch sized hail was produced from these storms across Plymouth, Yarmouth, and Dennis, Massachusetts. No injuries directly resulted from these thunderstorms.

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms moved across western and central Massachusetts, producing large hail, strong winds, and lightning damage across Hampden and Middlesex counties. These thunderstorms brought large limbs down on power lines in the Fairview section of Chicopee, knocking power out to approximately 4,700 customers. Penny sized hail fell over the Westover AFB. In Framingham, lightning burnt two holes in the roof of a house and damaged the house's electrical system.No direct injuries resulted from these storms.

Severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds to much of eastern Massachusetts. In Middlesex County, large trees and wires were downed in Concord, Reading, and Hopkinton. Essex County was especially hard hit, with many reports of downed trees and wires in Danvers, Beverly, and Wenham. In Lawrence, trees and large branches fell across both sides of Interstate 495 near Exit 46, causing a brief traffic tie-up. The storms also dropped quarter sized hail in Danvers and Peabody. In Norfolk County, large branches were downed by thunderstorm winds in Quincy and resulted in minor car damage. Large trees fell in Walpole, including one which damaged the roof of a house. In Plymouth County, large branches and wires were reported down in Hingham, Hanover, West Bridgewater, Brockton, and Whitman. About 40,000 customers were left without power in eastern Massachusetts. An isolated severe thunderstorm in Hampden County downed about six trees in Agawam.

Severe thunderstorms developed over Hampden County in western Massachusetts ahead of a cold front. Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Wilbraham. The same storms then produced dime size hail in West Springfield, Springfield, and Hampden. Lightning from another storm downed power lines in Northampton, causing a brief interruption in power. The storms then headed southeast across Connecticut and Rhode Island, then moved across coastal Bristol County in southeast Massachusetts. An amateur radio operator in Westport reported dime size hail, which covered the ground.

Strong south winds buffeted parts of eastern Massachusetts ahead of a cold front. Strong wind gusts downed trees and a power line in Somerville and Newton, and branches were downed in East Weymouth. Plymouth reported a wind gust to 48 mph. Other strong wind gusts included 47 mph in Sharon and in Provincetown, and 46 mph at Logan International Airport in Boston. A gust to 64 mph was reported at the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton. Severe thunderstorms developed in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts as the cold front moved through early in the evening. Trees were reported dowed by thunderstorm winds in Bernardston, Northampton, and Belchertown. Large branches were reported down in Ashfield.