Johnny Saylor captured the giant doom cloud that burst over Somerville this afternoon.
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Johnny Saylor captured the giant doom cloud that burst over Somerville this afternoon.
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NWS
By E
Tue, 06/13/2017 - 8:05pm
I trust NWS is investigating whether a tornado landed. A lot of damage is being reported.
They have to look at the pattern of damage
By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 06/13/2017 - 10:30pm
If there are central bursts with radial damage it will be a microburst. If the wind changed direction a lot and stuff is just strewn about, that's cyclonic.
Neither
By aldos
Wed, 06/14/2017 - 12:13am
It is neither a tornado nor a microburst (wherein damage would be confined to a small area). The correct term for what happened here is 'downburst'.
Another view
By adamg
Tue, 06/13/2017 - 10:13pm
This isn't the storm before it hit
By aldos
Wed, 06/14/2017 - 12:00pm
Given that the storm came from the NW, and this photo is taken looking
SWSE on Somerville Ave. It must be from after the storm had already passed, or else it's a photo of a different cloud.Photo is looking southeast on Somerville Ave.
By Ron Newman
Wed, 06/14/2017 - 6:17am
The camera is in or near Wilson Square and is pointed towards Sacramento Street.
Yep, good call
By aldos
Wed, 06/14/2017 - 12:00pm
That's what I meant-- this is looking in the opposite direction of where the storm came from.
There was definitely rotation in the storm
By frobot
Wed, 06/14/2017 - 8:20am
I watched it from Allston, where we thankfully didn't get hit by much. But I did watch what looked like a poorly formed funnel cloud pass almost directly overhead, slightly east of me. There was obvious visible rotation, and the radar image at that time showed a hook echo - indicative of a mesocyclone (aka a supercell). I could see a hail shaft in the distance as well.
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Can confirm we got hail on
By DTP
Wed, 06/14/2017 - 8:42am
Can confirm we got hail on Winter Hill. Didn't see anything tornado-esque, though I was only watching out my front window.
There was an awful lot of debris on the ground afterward though - many tree branches, some 4-5 ft long.
My timing was perfect
By Michael
Wed, 06/14/2017 - 8:53am
I got on the 89 at Sullivan JUST as the deluge started, we got pelted with hail as we crossed McGrath and headed up towards Temple St, and it was just a light drizzle when I got off on Winter Hill. Thank you, MBTA, for not ruining at least one person's travels this week!
Hail in Davis Square, too
By Ron Newman
Wed, 06/14/2017 - 10:23am
I wasn't out in it (thankfully) but it clattered against all of my windows, around 5:15 pm.
What do the colors on this map mean?
By Ron Newman
Wed, 06/14/2017 - 10:24am
It's radar - for all intents
By DTP
Wed, 06/14/2017 - 10:42am
It's radar - for all intents and purposes it indicates 'intensity' of a storm, on a green-to-red scale.
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