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Recapping the East Arlington Microburst

All of our coverage (thus far) of Wednesday's violent storm.

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Find out what's happening in Arlingtonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Find out what's happening in Arlingtonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

A nearby business owner believes the baby carp was lifted from either Spy Pond or Mystic River during Wednesday’s violent storm, but a National Weather Service meteorologist is skeptical. What do you think? Take our poll.

Arlington resident Heather-Jean Tsang recounts being caught out in microburst.

Winds were estimated between 70 and 80 mph.

Recent Updates

 Local and state crews finished clearing the Minuteman Bikeway on Friday. However, a number of Arlington Recreation areas still remain closed from Wednesday's microburst.

The delegation is working to secure funds to help with the clean-up efforts in East Arlington from Wednesday's microburst.

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Share your first-hand account of Wednesday evening's storm in the comments section of this post or by emailing Arlington Patch Editor John Waller at john.waller@patch.com.

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The Middlesex Sheriff's office community works program will be in town today to assist with the clean-up efforts from Wednesday's microburst.


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