Strong and damaging winds may bring down some trees, limbs and power lines, causing scattered power outages and obstacles for morning commuters.
A high wind warning has been issued for Thursday morning in Danvers, as windspeeds of 20-30 miles per hour with up to 65 mph gusts whip through the area. Hamid Jafari, Director Engineering and Operations for Danvers Electric, said about 300-400 electric customers were without electric service on Thursday morning. The outages were along Maple Street from Vineyard Street to the Middleton town line, Cherry Street and the police station. He said crews were checking for the exact cause as of 7:30 a.m. No major problems related to the wind were reported by Danvers Police, said Sgt. Robert Bettencourt. "We've had a lot of trees down," he said. Some branches fell in the streets but it all had been cleared and no roads were closed. There were no …
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The National Weather Service is warning of the possibility of a severe thunderstorm and damaging winds on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
There’s a severe thunderstorm warning in place for Danvers on Tuesday night and early Wednesday, meaning there’s a chance of a strong thunderstorm moving through the area. The National Weather Service issued the watch at 7:55 p.m. on Tuesday. There had also been a wind advisory in place, but at 7:31 p.m. it was upgraded to a high wind warning. The severe thunderstorm watch extends across most of eastern and central Massachusetts, including Danvers, plus portions of southern New Hampshire, northern Connecticut and most of Rhode Island. It runs until 3 a.m. on Wednesday. The watch means that conditions are favorable for the formation of a severe thunderstorm. The high wind warning is issued when sustained winds of 40 mph are expected for at …
