Trees and power lines taken down and streets flooded out. Those storms have moved the cleanup is underway. But we are not out of the woods. Good afternoon i am chris mckinnon. I am Kathryn Hauser thanks for being with us. Right now 7,000 customers are still without power and we are in for more wind and rain this afternoon. Danielle has latest. Hey its going to be not going to be nearly as bad as overnight but theres another round that we will talk about in a second. This is a rare it be event this is the earliest severe thunderstorm watch on record for boston. The only other watch we had in massachusetts in february is on 22nd and 1997. And we also had a record for daily wind gusts at blue hills observatory they measured wind speeds but going down in the record books at 76 Miles Per Hour the old record 75 back in 1965. Now that wind is not nearly as strong as overnight its gusty now theres a wind advoicery for southeastern advisories for southeastern massachusetts and 7 p. M. Gusts 40
Theres an additional line of down pours. No lightning associated with this but its coming through metro west and just west of boston so from newton back up to waltham and stretching towards arlington and belmont this is where we have heavy downpours that are going to push through but no damage with these. These are all lifting to the north and east. They do extend from medfield and walpole. We had strong thunderstorms come through Plymouth County and theres a little lightning thats just off the coastline of duxbury heavy downpours from plymouth to marshfield and a few additional ones but no lightning with this when you get on the south side of carver and back down near the cape cod canal. From sandwich and bourn all of this is moving off to the east northeast. Where do we go from here . A few additional downpours cape and islands hanging onto this longest over the next couple hours. But otherwise the commute is going to feature improvement. The sun may break out temperatures even thoug
Are focused in southeastern massachusetts. Thats where we have some of the deeper reds that are focused in here with torrential rain and a lot of lightning too. So this extends from the south coast to Bristol County from new bedford and through Plymouth County scituate seeing down pours and lightning in mash are marshfield. Heaviest shifted offshore from boston harbor. Theres lightning bolts but the heaviest rain pushed offshore. Dealing with rain from woburn its lighter and up knee essex county. Area of focus is over southeastern massachusetts here in the next 45 minutes to an hour or so. As this whole cluster of Miles Per Hour. That brings it through carver at about 4 44. So in the next 15 minutes hang way. Islands. So this is not moving east. Motion right through Plymouth County over the next 45 minutes or so. In fact sile it in the hour by hour. Cape and islands will linger longest with some additionaldownpours through Early Morning but most of us will be drying out for the morning
We had wind and rain and lightning and thunder in february. Something you really dont hear this time of year. Normally we talk snow. And doesnt it feel sticky. Its warm and we have been talking about temperatures in the 60s. No more Severe Weather right now but we are tracking a couple leftover downpours out there south of boston primarily. So one little area that we are watching from weymouth towards abington pouring and lightningtracker is on here and three no lightning in the cell so its heavy rain you are dealing with. Right from abington trechg into randolph and extends with another downpour from marshfield and westward from pembroke and easton and bridgewater many all moving to the east northeast. Middleboro dealing with one tooand deeper reds near Cherry Street and stretching back near heaviest rain is pushing through. We have a band on outer cape. No lightning with this one butfrom or liens to east ham and nantucket as well. All of this is continuing to again the threat for dam
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