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Storm Surge/Tide — Suffolk / Also Part Of Norfolk, MA

Jan 4, 2003

A powerful winter storm which tracked south of New England dumped heavy snow on western, central, and northeast Massachusetts and produced significant coastal flooding along the eastern Massachusetts coastline.As much as 1 to 2 feet of snow fell over a large area, from the east slopes of the Berkshires across Worcester County and into the Merrimack Valley and North Shore communities. Amounts tapered off dramatically from Boston to the South Shore, where only an inch or two of accumulation was r

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5339879). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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