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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

Barnstable, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flash Flood

Worcester, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flash Flood

Worcester, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flash Flood

Worcester, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flash Flood

Hampden, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flash Flood

Worcester, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flash Flood

Worcester, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flash Flood

Worcester, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flash Flood

Worcester, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flash Flood

Hampden, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flash Flood

Hampden, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flood

Middlesex, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Bristol, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Bristol, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flood

Worcester, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Bristol, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flood

Bristol, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flood

Middlesex, MA · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Flood$15K damage

Norfolk, MA · Jun 27, 2009

Showers and thunderstorms developed across Southern New England as an upper level low moved across the area. Weak low level winds resulted in these storms moving very slowly, if at all.

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Flash Flood

Hampshire, MA · Sep 8, 2023

Southerly flow brought elevated dewpoints in the 70s to southern New England leading to a heat advisory. All the heat and humidity led to good instability which, along with forcing from a strong mid level jet produced severe storms in Massachusetts and Connecticut and some flash…

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Flash Flood

Hampshire, MA · Sep 8, 2023

Southerly flow brought elevated dewpoints in the 70s to southern New England leading to a heat advisory. All the heat and humidity led to good instability which, along with forcing from a strong mid level jet produced severe storms in Massachusetts and Connecticut and some flash…

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Coastal Flood

Eastern Plymouth, MA · Feb 2, 2021

A mid level trough over the Appalachians produced a secondary surface low pressure near the mid-Atlantic coast. High pressure over Hudson Bay allowed low level cold air to stay in place initially.

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Coastal Flood

Suffolk, MA · Feb 2, 2021

A mid level trough over the Appalachians produced a secondary surface low pressure near the mid-Atlantic coast. High pressure over Hudson Bay allowed low level cold air to stay in place initially.

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Coastal Flood

Eastern Essex, MA · Feb 2, 2021

A mid level trough over the Appalachians produced a secondary surface low pressure near the mid-Atlantic coast. High pressure over Hudson Bay allowed low level cold air to stay in place initially.

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