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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.

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Middlesex, MA · Jul 9, 2021

Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Rhode Island on Friday morning before moving into the Gulf of Maine. It interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and brought widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 3.5 inches and gusty winds along the south coast, which caused scattered tree…

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Essex, MA · Jul 9, 2021

Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Rhode Island on Friday morning before moving into the Gulf of Maine. It interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and brought widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 3.5 inches and gusty winds along the south coast, which caused scattered tree…

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Flood

Essex, MA · Jul 9, 2021

Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Rhode Island on Friday morning before moving into the Gulf of Maine. It interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and brought widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 3.5 inches and gusty winds along the south coast, which caused scattered tree…

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Tropical Storm

Southern Bristol, MA · Jul 9, 2021

Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Rhode Island on Friday morning before moving into the Gulf of Maine. It interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and brought widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 3.5 inches and gusty winds along the south coast, which caused scattered tree…

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Tropical Storm

Southern Bristol, MA · Jul 9, 2021

Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Rhode Island on Friday morning before moving into the Gulf of Maine. It interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and brought widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 3.5 inches and gusty winds along the south coast, which caused scattered tree…

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Tropical Storm

Southern Bristol, MA · Jul 9, 2021

Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Rhode Island on Friday morning before moving into the Gulf of Maine. It interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and brought widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 3.5 inches and gusty winds along the south coast, which caused scattered tree…

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Tropical Storm

Barnstable, MA · Jul 9, 2021

Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Rhode Island on Friday morning before moving into the Gulf of Maine. It interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and brought widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 3.5 inches and gusty winds along the south coast, which caused scattered tree…

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Flood

Norfolk, MA · Aug 15, 2008

A trough provided lift for showers and thunderstorms to develop while plenty of moisture ensured heavy rain would accompany these storms. Five and a half inches of rain fell in Wrentham over a three hour period.

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Worcester, MA · Aug 7, 2019

A warm front moving across southern New England triggered severe thunderstorms with wind damage across western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours and through the evening.

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Middlesex, MA · Aug 7, 2019

A warm front moving across southern New England triggered severe thunderstorms with wind damage across western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours and through the evening.

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Suffolk, MA · Aug 7, 2019

A warm front moving across southern New England triggered severe thunderstorms with wind damage across western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours and through the evening.

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Middlesex, MA · Aug 7, 2019

A warm front moving across southern New England triggered severe thunderstorms with wind damage across western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours and through the evening.

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Flood

Worcester, MA · Aug 7, 2019

A warm front moving across southern New England triggered severe thunderstorms with wind damage across western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours and through the evening.

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Middlesex, MA · Aug 7, 2019

A warm front moving across southern New England triggered severe thunderstorms with wind damage across western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours and through the evening.

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Flood

Worcester, MA · Aug 7, 2019

A warm front moving across southern New England triggered severe thunderstorms with wind damage across western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours and through the evening.

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Barnstable, MA · Jan 23, 2018

Low pressure from the Great Lakes redeveloped over Southern New England on January 22, then moved off through the Canadian Maritimes on January 23. Warm air moving northeast with this system moved over Cape Cod and the Islands.

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Flash Flood

Berkshire, MA · May 29, 2016

A very warm and humid air mass was in place over western Massachusetts during the day on Sunday, May 29th. Although strong upper level ridging was initially in place over the area, an upper level trough started to approach from the west, with a surface cold front moving towards…

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Flash Flood

Berkshire, MA · May 29, 2016

A very warm and humid air mass was in place over western Massachusetts during the day on Sunday, May 29th. Although strong upper level ridging was initially in place over the area, an upper level trough started to approach from the west, with a surface cold front moving towards…

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Flash Flood

Berkshire, MA · May 29, 2016

A very warm and humid air mass was in place over western Massachusetts during the day on Sunday, May 29th. Although strong upper level ridging was initially in place over the area, an upper level trough started to approach from the west, with a surface cold front moving towards…

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Flash Flood

Berkshire, MA · May 29, 2016

A very warm and humid air mass was in place over western Massachusetts during the day on Sunday, May 29th. Although strong upper level ridging was initially in place over the area, an upper level trough started to approach from the west, with a surface cold front moving towards…

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Flash Flood

Berkshire, MA · May 29, 2016

A very warm and humid air mass was in place over western Massachusetts during the day on Sunday, May 29th. Although strong upper level ridging was initially in place over the area, an upper level trough started to approach from the west, with a surface cold front moving towards…

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Flash Flood

Berkshire, MA · May 29, 2016

A very warm and humid air mass was in place over western Massachusetts during the day on Sunday, May 29th. Although strong upper level ridging was initially in place over the area, an upper level trough started to approach from the west, with a surface cold front moving towards…

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Flash Flood

Essex, MA · Aug 12, 2018

A cold front stalled over Southern New England on the 11th. Low pressure from the Midwest then moved slowly east along the front. The weather system drew upon warm and very humid air to create showers with local downpours, resulting in rainfall amounts of two to five inches in…

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Hampshire, MA · Feb 25, 2016

Low pressure tracked north through New York bringing a warm front through southern New England. Unseasonably deep moisture accompanied this front.

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