On June 6th, all eyes were on Connecticut as a potentially volatile, and strong system pushed through the area, even showing evidence strong enough that a tornado warning was issued in Hartford County. However, while that system was causing alarm in Connecticut, another system a mere 80 miles East caused something else entirely.
The National Weather Service released a report earlier Monday that Boston was just one community affected by a macroburst, between 3:45 and 4:30. The NWS further went on to estimate wind speeds caused by the event to be roughly 60 to 70 MPH, with isolated gusts exceeding 80 MPH. This is inline with reports from Logan Airport that had a 59 knot (~68 MPH) gust via ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System - a weather monitoring station).
Media reports from the area state that over 25,000 customers had their power knocked out, and mention a considerable number of trees downed within the Boston Metropolitan area, although an accurate total of damages has not been released. (WBZ-TV has an album showing storm damage from the area).
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