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Flood — Plymouth, MA

Apr 15, 2007

An unusually strong and slow moving coastal storm for mid April tracked to western Long Island Sound on April 16th before weakening slowly and drifting offshore. This storm brought a variety of impacts in southern New England, including heavy snow to the higher elevations of western Massachusetts, damaging winds in excess of 60 mph, widespread river and stream flooding, and significant coastal flooding through several high tide cycles.|Snowfall totals as high as 4 to 8 inches were observed in th

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 27759). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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