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Storm Surge/Tide — Suffolk, MA

Dec 6, 2003

A major winter storm brought heavy snow and strong winds to southern New England, dumping 1 to 3 feet of snow over a large area as it tracked slowly off the coast. In Massachusetts, snowfall amounts averaged1 to 2 feet across most of the state, with as little as 6 to 12 inches near Cape Cod and the Islands, where most of the snow fell early in the storm before an eventual change to rain. Pockets of 28 to 35 inch amounts fell near Interstate 95 in Boston's southwest suburbs, as well as to the n

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5328056). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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