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Flood — Plymouth, MA

Mar 17, 2007

Low pressure over the Carolinas strengthened as it tracked over southeast Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bay. This winter storm brought heavy snow and sleet to all but the immediate south coast, where a windswept heavy rain fell and resulted in urban and small stream flooding. Snow eventually changed to a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain in the interior and to all rain near the coast. Snowfall totals of 6 to 14 inches were widely observed.|The region northwest of Boston was especially im

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 19269). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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