RAYNHAM — Heavy wind gusts tore thick insulation off a cafeteria roof at an elementary school here and blew tree limbs and curbside trash throughout some neighborhoods in the South Shore.

The early-morning winds did not come without warning but nonetheless left morning commuters swerving around debris and residents chasing down empty trash barrels and scooping up the strewn contents in towns such as Stoughton, Easton, and Bridgewater.