954 first-hand accounts of flood events in Massachusetts, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →Low pressure centered off the Virginia coast intensified into a strong Noreaster as it tracked about 75 miles southeast of Nantucket Sunday afternoon, 12 February 2006.
Read the full account →A beaver dam on a stream had a catastrophic failure, sending a substantial amount of water down the stream into the Quaboug River. This flooded a portion of the river, causing extensive damage to Route 67 in Warren (which had been flooded by a previous beaver dam failure) and…
Read the full account →A cold front triggered thunderstorms on the evening of June 25 across the Berkshires. These storms trained over northern Berkshire County, producing torrential rainfall with as much as four inches accumulating in a short time.
Read the full account →High spring astronomical tides combined with low pressure off the east coast of Massachusetts to produce coastal flooding. This unseasonable coastal low pressure contributed to the flooding lasting through multiple tide cycles.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter passed offshore of southern New England bringing widespread heavy rainfall, high elevation snow and sleet, as well as strong winds to the region. There was minor flooding on some rivers as well as minor to moderate coastal flooding along the east coast of MA.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter passed offshore of southern New England bringing widespread heavy rainfall, high elevation snow and sleet, as well as strong winds to the region. There was minor flooding on some rivers as well as minor to moderate coastal flooding along the east coast of MA.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter passed offshore of southern New England bringing widespread heavy rainfall, high elevation snow and sleet, as well as strong winds to the region. There was minor flooding on some rivers as well as minor to moderate coastal flooding along the east coast of MA.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter passed offshore of southern New England bringing widespread heavy rainfall, high elevation snow and sleet, as well as strong winds to the region. There was minor flooding on some rivers as well as minor to moderate coastal flooding along the east coast of MA.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter passed offshore of southern New England bringing widespread heavy rainfall, high elevation snow and sleet, as well as strong winds to the region. There was minor flooding on some rivers as well as minor to moderate coastal flooding along the east coast of MA.
Read the full account →A strong coastal storm (i.e. a nor'easter) entrained with energy and moisture from the remnants of Wilma brought rainfall amounts between 2 and 2.5 inches, damaging winds, and coastal flooding to the eastern half of Massachusetts.
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 →A powerful low pressure system tracked through eastern New York spreading heavy rain and strong winds across Southern New England. Heavy rain coinciding with spring snowmelt contributed to river flooding, especially along the Connecticut River.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea tracked across southeastern Massachusetts bringing heavy rain (3-5 inches) to much of southern New England.
Read the full account →A low pressure center gathered strength off the mid-Atlantic coast and became a powerful ocean storm. This storm spread snow and winds across Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and portions of southeast Massachusetts.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms pushed across Massachusetts during the afternoon of July 6, 2005. With a moist airmass in place, these storms produced locally heavy downpours of rain, especially over Middlesex and Suffolk counties, where streets were closed and basements were flooded…
Read the full account →Slow moving (almost stationary) thunderstorms produced a significant flash flood event in north central Franklin County, Massachusetts. Two maximum rainfall totals of 9 inches were reported from Bernardston, where the worst flooding had been reported.
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 late season coastal storm brought heavy rainfall to much of eastern Massachusetts, resulting in widespread flooding of roads and small streams.
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 cold front triggered thunderstorms on the evening of June 25 across the Berkshires. These storms trained over northern Berkshire County, producing torrential rainfall with as much as four inches accumulating in a short time.
Read the full account →High spring astronomical tides combined with low pressure off the east coast of Massachusetts to produce coastal flooding. This unseasonable coastal low pressure contributed to the flooding lasting through multiple tide cycles.
Read the full account →A complex storm system began to evolve on Saturday December 16 across the Mississippi Valley. A surface low tracked north into the Eastern Great Lakes by December 17.
Read the full account →An unstable atmosphere and plenty of sunshine led to widespread severe weather across Southern New England. Cold upper level temperatures allowed large hail to form and form it did with one report of two inch diameter hail in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
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