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Massachusetts Flood Stories

954 first-hand accounts of flood events in Massachusetts, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

Worcester, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flash Flood

Norfolk, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flash Flood

Middlesex, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flash Flood

Norfolk, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flash Flood

Suffolk, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flash Flood

Middlesex, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flash Flood

Essex, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flash Flood

Bristol, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flood

Plymouth, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flood

Middlesex, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flood

Worcester, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flood

Worcester, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flood

Worcester, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flood

Worcester, MA · Aug 18, 2023

A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.

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Flash Flood$14K damage

Berkshire, MA · Jun 25, 2000

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.

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Flood$25K damage

Worcester, MA · Mar 7, 2011

An area of low pressure lifting through the eastern Mid-Atlantic and deepening through southeast New England into the Gulf of Maine resulted in an area of heavy rains with amounts ranging 2 to 5 inches across coastal and interior New England on top of melting snows.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Hampden, MA · Aug 5, 2008

Warm air advection occurred in a very moist atmosphere, resulting in extremely heavy rain in Easthampton and Holyoke in western Massachusetts.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Hampden, MA · Sep 28, 2003

Torrential rainfall caused flash flooding in the Connecticut River Valley. Nearly 4 inches of rain fell in a few hours, causing significant urban flooding from Agawam to Northampton.

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Flood$20K damage

Hampden, MA · Mar 8, 2008

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.

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Flood$20K damage

Hampshire, MA · Mar 8, 2008

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.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Middlesex, MA · Aug 7, 2003

Slow moving thunderstorms brought torrential rainfall to parts of the Merrimack Valley, causing significant urban flooding in Chelmsford and Lowell. A spotter in Lowell reported nearly three inches of rain in one hour.

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Flood

Bristol, MA · May 16, 2024

Low pressure south of southern New England brought widespread moderate to heavy rain to the region during the morning. The heaviest was centered in eastern CT, northern and |central RI into south coastal MA where a nearly stationary band of rain produced hourly rain rates of…

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Flood

Middlesex, MA · Aug 28, 2011

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.

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Coastal Flood

Southern Plymouth, MA · Dec 18, 2023

A strong storm system moved up the Atlantic coast Sunday night into Monday, merging with a short wave trough exiting the northern Great Plains and taking the surface low west of southern New England.

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