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Coastal Flood — Eastern Plymouth, MA

Jan 29, 2022

Explosive cyclogenesis of a low pressure center off the Mid Atlantic coast brought a strong winter storm with blizzard conditions to all of southern New England Saturday and Saturday night. The storm tracked from east of the Carolinas to the 70w/40n benchmark bringing extreme snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour and winds gusting to hurricane force along the coast and 50 to 60 mph inland. The heaviest snow, just under 30 inches, fell over southeast MA. Snow tapered off overnight Saturday wit

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1002839). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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