Aug 8, 2023
A trough moved from the eastern Great Lakes into the mid Atlantic then New England on Tuesday. Southern New England was in the warm sector of a weak low which provided enough instability for scattered thunderstorms Tuesday morning into early afternoon before the cold front moved through. There was an EF-1 tornado in Mattapoisett and an EF-0 tornado in Barnstable.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1119885). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Barnstable County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.