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Flood — Norfolk, MA

Sep 30, 2017

Low pressure raced east from the Great Lakes bringing showers and isolated thunderstorms to Southern New England on the morning of Saturday the 30th. Several of the showers in Eastern Massachusetts contained locally heavy downpours, and one contained large hail. This brought several reports of flooding in Boston and the North Shore.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 718802). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Norfolk, MA

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