Sep 20, 2017
Named storm Jose formed over the Tropical Atlantic, moving west and growing to become a Major Hurricane. Jose passed north of the Leeward Islands, then turned on a northward path north of the Dominican Republic. As he moved north, Jose diminished to a Tropical Storm during Tuesday the 19th and then stalled about 150 miles southeast of Nantucket. The storm then slowly drifted south by Friday the 22nd and started to dissipate.||Jose brought strong wind gusts and heavy downpours, primarily to the
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 721981). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Eastern Essex County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.