954 first-hand accounts of flood events in Massachusetts, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in southwest Rhode Island around noon on August 22nd, then moved slowly northwestward and westward across northern Connecticut and weakened. Henri brought strong wind gusts and flash flooding.
Read the full account →A low pressure system sat just south of Long Island for two days, bringing heavy rain to much of Southern New England during that time. A persistent southerly low level jet brought very moist air into the area, which resulted in high rainfall rates.
Read the full account →A low pressure system sat just south of Long Island for two days, bringing heavy rain to much of Southern New England during that time. A persistent southerly low level jet brought very moist air into the area, which resulted in high rainfall rates.
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 →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 →A hot and muggy airmass was conducive to heavy downpours over eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island when a de-amplifying shortwave moved across the region. It also had support from a moderately strong jet aloft and plenty of moisture.
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 →Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in southwest Rhode Island around noon on August 22nd, then moved slowly northwestward and westward across northern Connecticut and weakened. Henri brought strong wind gusts and flash flooding.
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 →A strong area of low pressure was situated over the Great Lakes region on Sunday, July 27th. An upper level shortwave, combined with an approaching warm front, allowed for a cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms to break out during the afternoon hours on July 27th over…
Read the full account →A warm front moved northward across southern New England overnight as low pressure moved into northern New England. In addition, an approaching upper level short wave trough and surface cold front led to the development of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms that caused…
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 →Named storm Jose formed over the Tropical Atlantic, moving west and growing to become a Major Hurricane. Jose passed north of the Leeward Islands, then turned on a northward path north of the Dominican Republic.
Read the full account →Named storm Jose formed over the Tropical Atlantic, moving west and growing to become a Major Hurricane. Jose passed north of the Leeward Islands, then turned on a northward path north of the Dominican Republic.
Read the full account →Hurricane Lee passed east of Southern New England during the morning hours moving toward maritime Canada by midday. As it passed by it produced some tropical storm level sustained winds and wind gusts but impact was minimal.
Read the full account →Hurricane Lee passed east of Southern New England during the morning hours moving toward maritime Canada by midday. As it passed by it produced some tropical storm level sustained winds and wind gusts but impact was minimal.
Read the full account →An historic winter storm deposited tremendous amounts of snow over all of southern New England, mainly from the mid-afternoon on Friday, February 8 and lasting into the daylight hours of Saturday, February 9.
Read the full account →This storm brought heavy snow and significant coastal flooding to the forecast area. This was an unusual synoptic set-up, with low pressure lingering off the coast of southern New England for several days.
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall, most of it falling over a 100 hour period, caused widespread flooding across much of eastern Massachusetts of small streams and main stem rivers. Major flooding of a number of small streams and main stem rivers occurred in Essex County of Massachusetts.
Read the full account →Low pressure tracked north through New York bringing a warm front through southern New England. Unseasonably deep moisture accompanied this front.
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.
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