A cold front moved through southern New England and when coupled with the existing heat and humidity, resulted in showers and thunderstorms developing over much of the area late in the day and continuing into the evening and overnight hours.

Flood in WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 19:15:00 to 22-JUL-16 20:15:00 (EST-5)
Location: WESTBOROUGH
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Minor street flooding occurred on Route 135 in Westborough.

Thunderstorm Wind in HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 17:25:00 to 22-JUL-16 17:25:00 (EST-5)
Location: CHESTERFIELD
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Trees and wires on Partridge Road and Ireland Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 17:38:00 to 22-JUL-16 17:40:00 (EST-5)
Location: BAY STATE
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Several large limbs on Damon Road and trees on Kearney Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 17:40:00 to 22-JUL-16 17:40:00 (EST-5)
Location: HATFIELD
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

A large tree on Elm Street was downed onto a house by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in HAMPDEN, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 18:05:00 to 22-JUL-16 18:05:00 (EST-5)
Location: MONSON
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Trees and wires were downed onto a car by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 18:50:00 to 22-JUL-16 18:50:00 (EST-5)
Location: WORCESTER
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Local Official

A tree on Russell Avenue was downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in MIDDLESEX, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 19:00:00 to 22-JUL-16 19:00:00 (EST-5)
Location: SAXONVILLE
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Trees and wires on Pine Lane were downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in MIDDLESEX, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 19:05:00 to 22-JUL-16 19:05:00 (EST-5)
Location: NATICK
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Wires on Edge Hill Road were downed onto cars by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 19:10:00 to 22-JUL-16 19:10:00 (EST-5)
Location: NEEDHAM
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Trees and wires on Livingston Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 19:10:00 to 22-JUL-16 19:10:00 (EST-5)
Location: WESTBOROUGH
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Trees on Flanders Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.  One of these trees fell onto a house.

Thunderstorm Wind in WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 19:10:00 to 22-JUL-16 19:10:00 (EST-5)
Location: NORTHBOROUGH
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

A tree limb on Meadow Road was downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in MIDDLESEX, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 19:20:00 to 22-JUL-16 19:20:00 (EST-5)
Location: SAXONVILLE
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Trees at the intersection of Route 9 and Temple Street and branches on Gates Road were downed onto power lines by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 20:00:00 to 22-JUL-16 20:00:00 (EST-5)
Location: MANSFIELD
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Trees and wires on Bonney Lane were downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 20:05:00 to 22-JUL-16 20:05:00 (EST-5)
Location: RAYNHAM CENTER
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Trees on Lyndon Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 20:10:00 to 22-JUL-16 20:10:00 (EST-5)
Location: EASTON CENTER
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

A tree on Bay Road was downed onto a house by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 19:50:00 to 22-JUL-16 19:50:00 (EST-5)
Location: TAUNTON
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 20.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Trees and wires on County and William Streets were downed by thunderstorm winds.  On William Street a tree and wires fell onto a car.

Thunderstorm Wind in PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 20:45:00 to 22-JUL-16 20:45:00 (EST-5)
Location: PLYMOUTH
Magnitude: 40.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

A tree was downed onto a house by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 21:10:00 to 22-JUL-16 21:10:00 (EST-5)
Location: WELLFLEET
Magnitude: 40.00 EG
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

A large branch on Marconi Station Road was downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 22:43:00 to 22-JUL-16 22:43:00 (EST-5)
Location: MASHPEE
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 3.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Large branches on Great Neck Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 23:16:00 to 22-JUL-16 23:16:00 (EST-5)
Location: DARTMOUTH
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 20.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

A utility pole on Allen Street and wires on Dartmouth Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 19:45:00 to 22-JUL-16 19:50:00 (EST-5)
Location: STOUGHTON
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Trees and wires on Morton Street and Bay Road were downed onto wires by thunderstorms.  One of the trees struck a house on Bay Road.

Thunderstorm Wind in BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 22:30:00 to 22-JUL-16 22:30:00 (EST-5)
Location: FALMOUTH
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Trees on Blacksmith Shop Road and Route 151 were downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in MIDDLESEX, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 19:15:00 to 22-JUL-16 19:15:00 (EST-5)
Location: SAXONVILLE
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Multiple trees along Route 9 were downed by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 17:43:00 to 22-JUL-16 17:43:00 (EST-5)
Location: HADLEY
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 20.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Trees and wires on Rocky Hill Road and Farm Lane were downed by thunderstorm winds.  One of these trees closed Farm Lane until the tree could be removed.

Lightning in BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 23:16:00 to 22-JUL-16 23:16:00 (EST-5)
Location: CENTRAL VLG
Property damage: 200.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Lightning struck a house on Main Road in Westport, starting a fire.  The fire affected the second floor and attic of the house.

Thunderstorm Wind in WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 18:52:00 to 22-JUL-16 19:05:00 (EST-5)
Location: WESTBOROUGH
Magnitude: 70.00 EG
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A concentrated area of wind damage in Westborough was found by an NWS storm survey team around Chauncy and Oak Streets and extended ENE to the east shore of Chauncy Pond on the old Westborough State Hospital property and to the ESE along Flanders Street.  Numerous hardwood and softwood trees, some very large, were uprooted or snapped off.  A few landed on houses and vehicles.  Most of the downed trees were lying in an easterly direction except more toward the ENE along the east shore of Chauncy Pond, consistent with what one might expect to be something of a divergent pattern with a microburst.  At the southern edge of the damage swath no more than a quarter mile from downtown Westborough, the trees and branches seemed to be lying in a more ESE direction, again suggesting a hint of a divergent pattern.  Several signs were blown down along Route 9, including a large restaurant sign and a billboard.  A resident along Chauncy Street who took video looking out of his basement window showed an image that showed the storm approaching at 7:55 PM EDT and damage occurring at 8:02 PM EDT.  The concentrated part of the microburst began about a half mile west of the Route 9 and Lyman Street intersection and ended about three quarters of a mile east of that point.  The westernmost sign of damage observed was a tree down along Otis Street.  It is possible that some damage occurred further west but was not part of the survey area.  The team encountered one of the largest root balls they had ever seen on the old Westborough State Hospital grounds.  Scattered damage was observed to the east into Southborough.

Thunderstorm Wind in WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
From 22-JUL-16 18:55:00 to 22-JUL-16 19:05:00 (EST-5)
Location: FAYVILLE
Magnitude: 70.00 EG
Property damage: 120.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

In addition to damage in Westborough, the NWS storm survey team found another concentrated area of damage in Southborough in the vicinity of Central Street, just north of Route 9.  In particular, concentrated damage was observed along Winter Street off Central Street and to the north along Route 30/Boston Road, where a series of telephone poles were snapped off.  The dimensions of this area were about a quarter of a mile square.  A large Norway spruce tree was uprooted onto a house on Winter Street and other trees completely blocked Winter Street for a time.  A gazebo was crushed by a large tree at a park off Central and Winter Streets.