954 first-hand accounts of flood events in Massachusetts, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Tropical moisture in place across southern New England ahead of a cold front resulted in precipitable water values increasing to 2-2.5 inches (2 to 3 times normal).
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Hurricane Irene formed east of the Caribbean island of Dominica, part of the Lesser Antilles region, on the afternoon of August 20. Irene moved through the Caribbean and up the east coast of the United States making landfall twice.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance moved through southern New England, providing a focus for a few showers and thunderstorms. Instability was limited somewhat by cloud cover and weak winds at the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere resulted in slow moving storms.
Read the full account →A low pressure system interacted with a plume of tropical moisture as the low slowly moved parallel to the Long Island and south Massachusetts coasts, resulting in excessive rain and flooding across Massachusetts.
Read the full account →A low pressure system interacted with a plume of tropical moisture as the low slowly moved parallel to the Long Island and south Massachusetts coasts, resulting in excessive rain and flooding across Massachusetts.
Read the full account →An atmospheric trough moved over Massachusetts on the 4th, tapping high amounts of moisture in the air to cause heavy showers that resulted in flooding. Up to 6.5 inches of rain fell on Cape Cod, and 1 to 3 inches across the rest of Massachusetts.
Read the full account →An atmospheric trough moved over Massachusetts on the 4th, tapping high amounts of moisture in the air to cause heavy showers that resulted in flooding. Up to 6.5 inches of rain fell on Cape Cod, and 1 to 3 inches across the rest of Massachusetts.
Read the full account →Low pressure southeast of Nantucket produced widespread showers across southern New England. These showers trained over an area known as the North Shore in Massachusetts, including the towns of Peabody, Swampscott, and Salem.
Read the full account →A low pressure system interacted with a plume of tropical moisture as the low slowly moved parallel to the Long Island and south Massachusetts coasts, resulting in excessive rain and flooding across Massachusetts.
Read the full account →A warm front approached from the south on Sept 25 and stalled just north of Massachusetts on Sept 26. This brought periods of heavy rain to Massachusetts with 3 to 6 inches observed in Northern Bristol County and Northern Plymouth County in Southeast Massachusetts.
Read the full account →A warm front approached from the south on Sept 25 and stalled just north of Massachusetts on Sept 26. This brought periods of heavy rain to Massachusetts with 3 to 6 inches observed in Northern Bristol County and Northern Plymouth County in Southeast Massachusetts.
Read the full account →A low pressure system interacted with a plume of tropical moisture as the low slowly moved parallel to the Long Island and south Massachusetts coasts, resulting in excessive rain and flooding across Massachusetts.
Read the full account →A major winter storm brought heavy snow, high winds, and coastal flooding to southern New England. In Massachusetts, blizzard conditions were reported on Nantucket during the height of the storm, and this was the first blizzard to affect the Bay State since the April Fools storm…
Read the full account →A series of upper level disturbances rotated around a vertically stacked low pressure system in the Great Lakes. These provided a focus for showers and thunderstorms to develop across southern New England.
Read the full account →An upper level low developed in the eastern Great Lakes, providing enough lift and energy for showers and thunderstorms to develop across southern New England.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front moved across Southern New England and stalled just south of the area. This front was instrumental in bringing tropical moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee into New England.
Read the full account →Hurricane Irene formed east of the Caribbean island of Dominica, part of the Lesser Antilles region, on the afternoon of August 20. Irene moved through the Caribbean and up the east coast of the United States making landfall twice.
Read the full account →Hurricane Irene formed east of the Caribbean island of Dominica, part of the Lesser Antilles region, on the afternoon of August 20. Irene moved through the Caribbean and up the east coast of the United States making landfall twice.
Read the full account →Hurricane Irene formed east of the Caribbean island of Dominica, part of the Lesser Antilles region, on the afternoon of August 20. Irene moved through the Caribbean and up the east coast of the United States making landfall twice.
Read the full account →Low pressure intensified as it moved off the coast of North Carolina and tracked northeastward, passing south of southern New England. This brought accumulating snow to areas south of Interstate 90 in Massachusetts, including Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Read the full account →A low pressure system interacted with a plume of tropical moisture as the low slowly moved parallel to the Long Island and south Massachusetts coasts, resulting in excessive rain and flooding across Massachusetts.
Read the full account →A low pressure system interacted with a plume of tropical moisture as the low slowly moved parallel to the Long Island and south Massachusetts coasts, resulting in excessive rain and flooding across Massachusetts.
Read the full account →A low pressure system interacted with a plume of tropical moisture as the low slowly moved parallel to the Long Island and south Massachusetts coasts, resulting in excessive rain and flooding across Massachusetts.
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