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 723188). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Essex County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.