STORM2K

I know this hasn't been covered here yet but has anyone seen the amount of flooding they have had in the Northeast? I heard they are record levels in some spots and there has been nearly a foot of rain this weekend...

I've seen it on the news and actually they were in a rainfall deficit until now - that's probably why the streams and rivers haven't gone over their banks yet.

They're getting clobbered by rain bands that are radiating from that low pressure over the Mid West. It's only been in the 40's up there as well.

Check out some of these rainfall amounts from up. These are pretty amazing. They are from the National Weather Service in Taunton.

NOUS41 KBOX 142308
PNSBOX
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-151102-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
702 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 48
HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION.

THE BULK OF THE STORM FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER REGION WESTWARD
OCCURRED FRIDAY. FURTHER EAST...ESPECIALLY THE COASTAL PLAIN OF
MASSACHUSETTS INTO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS...THE STORM
STARTED BETWEEN 8PM AND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY.

MONTHLY AMOUNTS ARE IN THE 8 TO 12 INCH RANGE IN ESSEX COUNTY
MASSACHUSETTS.

APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE
OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS
SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON

********************STORM TOTAL RAINFALL********************

LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
RAINFALL OF
(INCHES) MEASUREMENT


CONNECTICUT

...HARTFORD COUNTY...
WINDSOR LOCKS 3.39 309 PM 5/14 ASOS BRADLEY
HARTFORD 2.68 314 PM 5/14 ASOS BRAINARD

...TOLLAND COUNTY...
TOLLAND 3.68 159 PM 5/14 SPOTTER

...WINDHAM COUNTY...
WILLIMANTIC 3.01 314 PM 5/14 ASOS

MASSACHUSETTS

...BARNSTABLE COUNTY...
EAST FALMOUTH 4.85 1133 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
CHATHAM 2.99 311 PM 5/14 ASOS

...BRISTOL COUNTY...
MANSFIELD 4.38 219 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
NEW BEDFORD 3.90 313 PM 5/14 ASOS
NORTON 3.77 800 AM 5/14 COOP
TAUNTON 3.74 321 PM 5/14 NWS
WEST MANSFIELD 3.28 1220 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
FAIRHAVEN 3.20 100 PM 5/14 SPOTTER

...DUKES COUNTY...
MARTHAS VINEYARD 3.24 316 PM 5/14 ASOS

...ESSEX COUNTY...
ANDOVER 10.50 320 PM 5/14 HAM RADIO
GEORGETOWN 10.15 535 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
PEABODY 9.78 513 PM 5/14 HAM RADIO
IPSWICH 9.72 454 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
ROCKPORT 9.11 450 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
GLOUCESTER 9.01 305 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
SWAMPSCOTT 8.70 600 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
MANCHESTER 8.61 230 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
METHUEN 8.01 535 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
BEVERLY 7.84 310 PM 5/14 ASOS
TOPSFIELD 7.55 825 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
LAWRENCE 6.95 315 PM 5/14 ASOS
NEWBURYPORT 6.74 800 AM 5/14 COOP

...FRANKLIN COUNTY...
GREENFIELD 2.81 921 AM 5/14 COOP
NORTHFIELD 2.59 1100 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
SUNDERLAND 2.42 947 AM 5/14 COOP

...HAMPDEN COUNTY...
SOUTHWICK 4.80 253 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
WESTFIELD 3.63 800 AM 5/14 ASOS
WEST SPRINGFIELD 2.05 1151 AM 5/14 HAM RADIO

...HAMPSHIRE COUNTY...
WORTHINGTON 3.40 948 AM 5/14 COOP
WARE 2.37 103 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
AMHERST 2.21 800 AM 5/14 COOP

...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...
READING 11.00 500 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
WAKEFIELD 10.00 550 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
EVERETT 9.14 459 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
STONEHAM 7.63 552 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
BILLERICA 6.87 1115 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
NORTH CAMBRIDGE 6.87 102 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
LOWELL 6.28 347 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
BELMONT 6.20 1118 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
CHELMSFORD 6.20 230 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
NORTH TEWKSBURY 5.87 715 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
TYNGSBOROUGH 5.20 710 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
WALTHAM 5.16 633 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
NEWTON 4.90 1045 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
BEDFORD 4.77 309 PM 5/14 ASOS
TEWKSBURY 4.72 730 AM 5/14 HAM RADIO
WESTFORD 4.39 908 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
PEPPERELL 4.25 838 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
HUDSON 4.06 515 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
GROTON 4.05 853 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
MAYNARD 3.49 800 AM 5/14 COOP
AYER 3.47 919 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
NATICK 3.11 800 AM 5/14 COOP

...NORFOLK COUNTY...
MILLIS 4.40 255 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
QUINCY 4.24 200 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
SOUTH WEYMOUTH 4.20 841 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
MILTON 4.18 316 PM 5/14 ASOS BLUE HILL
NORWOOD 3.52 317 PM 5/14 ASOS
FOXBOROUGH 3.27 1005 AM 5/14 COOP
DEDHAM 3.20 731 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
BRAINTREE 2.40 835 AM 5/14 SPOTTER

...PLYMOUTH COUNTY...
HINGHAM 7.45 512 PM 5/14 MEDIA
SCITUATE 6.21 840 AM 5/14 MEDIA
DUXBURY 5.35 758 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
PLYMOUTH 3.57 318 PM 5/14 ASOS
MARION 3.50 712 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
BRIDGEWATER 3.02 800 AM 5/14 COOP

...SUFFOLK COUNTY...
DORCHESTER 8.00 415 PM 5/14 HAM RADIO
WINTHROP 7.48 1045 AM 5/14 NWS EMPLOYEE
EAST BOSTON 6.65 310 PM 5/14 ASOS LOGAN

...WORCESTER COUNTY...
GRAFTON 3.54 907 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
FITCHBURG 3.18 313 PM 5/14 ASOS
WORCESTER 2.99 317 PM 5/14 ASOS ORH
NORTH GRAFTON 2.59 926 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
ASHBURNHAM 2.38 953 AM 5/14 COOP
BIRCH HILL DAM 2.25 800 AM 5/14 COOP
BARRE FALLS DAM 2.11 800 AM 5/14 COOP

NEW HAMPSHIRE

...CHESHIRE COUNTY...
HINSDALE 3.40 1115 AM 5/14 SPOTTER

...HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...
MANCHESTER 9.16 700 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
MERRIMACK 8.92 437 PM 5/14 HAM RADIO
SOUTH WEARE 8.40 625 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
FRANCESTOWN 6.43 655 PM 5/14 CO-OP
HUDSON 5.67 800 AM 5/14 COOP
NASHUA 5.15 800 AM 5/14 ASOS
MILFORD 4.79 800 AM 5/14 COOP

RHODE ISLAND

...KENT COUNTY...
COVENTRY 4.15 422 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
WARWICK 4.00 318 PM 5/14 ASOS TF GREEN

...NEWPORT COUNTY...
LITTLE COMPTON 6.20 450 PM 5/14 SPOTTER
MIDDLETOWN 4.35 520 PM 5/14 SPOTTER

...PROVIDENCE COUNTY...
DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE 3.36 1110 AM 5/14 SPOTTER
WOONSOCKET 2.94 800 AM 5/14 COOP

...WASHINGTON COUNTY...
WESTERLY 3.67 321 PM 5/14 ASOS
NORTH KINGSTOWN 3.22 1103 AM 5/14 SPOTTER

$$

AED

And here is the latest prelimary local storm report from the same office:

NWUS51 KBOX 142340
LSRBOX

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
739 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0715 AM FLOOD PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING AND CLOSURES.
SEVERAL MANHOLE COVERS REPORTED FLOATING.

0720 AM FLOOD LYNN 42.47N 70.96W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED INCLUDING CHASE
RD....BUCHANAN...AND EASTERN AVE. POND OUT OF ITS BANKS.

0724 AM FLOOD SALEM 42.53N 70.87W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

WATER ALL THE WAY UP TO THE DRIVE-THRU SIGN AT MCDONALDS
ON CANAL STREET. ONE CAR STUCK.

0749 AM FLOOD SALEM 42.53N 70.87W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

VAN STUCK ON HIGHLAND AVE.

0815 AM FLOOD HANSON 42.06N 70.85W
05/14/2006 PLYMOUTH MA AMATEUR RADIO

INDIAN HEAD STREAM AT BROADWAY STREET OUT OF BANKS. ROAD
IS NOT FLOODED. TWO SMALLER UNNAMED STREAMS OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.

0820 AM FLOOD PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

PROCTOR BROOK FLOODING BACKYARDS.

0820 AM FLOOD IPSWICH 42.68N 70.83W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

NUMEROUS BASEMENTS FLOODED. COUNTY ROAD IMPASSABLE.

0824 AM FLOOD TOPSFIELD 42.64N 70.96W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

IPSWICH RIVER OVER ITS BANKS AT THE TOPSFIELD
FAIRGROUNDS.

0834 AM FLOOD MELROSE 42.45N 71.06W
05/14/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

FLOODING ON SYLVAN STREET CAUSING CLOSURE.

0905 AM FLOOD DANVERS 42.57N 70.95W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

RIVER DRIVE APARTMENTS FLOODED WITH 3-4 INCHES OF WATER.
OTHER HOMES IN AREA FLOODED WITH A FEW FEET OF WATER.

0913 AM FLOOD TEWKSBURY 42.62N 71.23W
05/14/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

MERRIMACK RIVER FLOODED AT RIVER STREET AND PINNACLE
STREET. SEWER BACKUP REPORTED.

0915 AM FLOOD SALEM 42.53N 70.87W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

CANAL STREET HAS 2.5 TO 3 FEET OF STANDING WATER BETWEEN
OCEAN STREET AND FOREST STREET.

0940 AM FLOOD GEORGETOWN 42.73N 70.98W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

ROCK POND FLOODING OVER ITS BANKS. ALSO STYLS POND OUT OF
ITS BANKS.

0951 AM FLOOD SALISBURY 42.83N 70.84W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

RABBIT ROAD HAS 6-8 INCHES OF WATER.

1008 AM FLOOD ROWLEY 42.72N 70.87W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

ROAD CLOSURE NEAR ROUTES 133 AND 1.

1009 AM FLOOD SAUGUS 42.47N 71.02W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

GRISWOLD POND OVERFLOWING.

1014 AM FLOOD NEWBURYPORT 42.81N 70.89W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

PARKER RIVER IS FLOODING...ON PARKER STREET. SEWER
OVERFLOW ON MERRIMAC STREET.

1020 AM FLOOD IPSWICH 42.68N 70.83W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

IPSWICH RIVER OVERFLOWING NEAR ROUTE 133.

1025 AM FLOOD DANVERS 42.57N 70.95W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

VEHICLE STUCK IN HIGH WATER NEAR LIBRARY.

1032 AM FLOOD LYNN 42.47N 70.96W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

HOUSE FLOODING AND SEWERS OVERRUNNING VICINTY OF WALNUT
STREET NEAR SAUGUS RIVER.

1053 AM FLOOD DANVERS 42.57N 70.95W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

ONE FOOT OF WATER IN DENNYS PARKING LOT. PORTIONS OF
ROUTE 62 WEST FLOODED AND BLOCKED. ROADS CLOSED AROUND
MILL POND WHICH WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS.

1114 AM FLOOD HINGHAM 42.24N 70.89W
05/14/2006 PLYMOUTH MA AMATEUR RADIO

PLYMOUTH RIVER WELL OVER ITS BANKS. TOWER BROOK SEVERAL
FEET OVER ITS BANKS AND COVERING PORTIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL
FIELDS.

1120 AM FLOOD AMESBURY 42.86N 70.93W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

CARRIAGE MILL APARTMENTS FLOODED ON THE 1ST FLOOR.

1133 AM FLOOD PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

PEABODY SQUARE IS UNDER 5 FEET OF WATER. NUMEROUS ROAD
CLOSURES AND BACKYARDS FLOODED. FIRE DEPARTMENT MAKING

SEVERAL RESCUES OF STRANDED PEOPLE. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

1136 AM FLOOD SAUGUS 42.47N 71.02W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

SAUGUS RIVER FLOODING CENTRAL STREET WITH 2-3 FEET OF
WATER. FLOODING ON SEVILLE STREET.

1204 PM FLOOD SALEM 42.53N 70.87W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

VEHICLES STUCK IN WATER AT WAL-MART PARKING LOT.

1210 PM FLOOD PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

SHAWS LANE...PEOPLE BEING RESCUED FROM THEIR HOMES. 4 TO
5 FEET OF WATER.

1216 PM FLOOD ARLINGTON 42.42N 71.16W
05/14/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

MYSTIC RIVER OUT OF ITS BANKS.

1225 PM FLOOD MANCHESTER 42.98N 71.44W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

LOCALIZED FLOODING ON SMALLER STREAMS ALONG THE
MERRIMACK. SOME HOMES ALONG STREAMS HAVE FLOODED
BASEMENTS.

1225 PM FLOOD GOFFSTOWN 43.02N 71.60W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

GOFFS FALLS STREAM OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS.

1232 PM FLOOD PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

CROWNINSHIELD ELDERLY COMPLEX BEING EVACUATED.

1235 PM FLOOD GLOUCESTER 42.62N 70.65W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

POPLAR PARK ELDERLY COMPLEX BEING EVACUATED...POPLAR
STREET.

1239 PM FLOOD DANVERS 42.57N 70.95W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

MILL POND IS OVER ITS BANKS. PURCHASE STREET FLOODED NEAR
MALL.

1240 PM FLOOD WOBURN 42.49N 71.16W
05/14/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

FLOODING OF HOME ON TOTMAN DRIVE...ONE FAMILY EVACUATED.

1240 PM FLOOD WOBURN 42.49N 71.16W
05/14/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

FLOODING ON TOTMAN DRIVE. FAMILY EVACUATED FROM A HOME.

1243 PM FLOOD TEWKSBURY 42.62N 71.23W
05/14/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

FLOODING AT EAST AND MAPLE STREETS.

1256 PM FLOOD PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

VEHICLES COMPLETELY SUBMERGED ON LOWELL STREET. FIRE

HYDRANT COVERED BY WATER UP TO ITS DOME ON LOWELL STREET.

1256 PM FLOOD MALDEN 42.43N 71.06W
05/14/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

VEHICLE STRANDED. ROUTE 99 IMPASSABLE.

1256 PM FLOOD LYNN 42.47N 70.96W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

STRAWBERRY BROOK FLOODING.

0100 PM FLOOD AMHERST 42.87N 71.62W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

FLOODING FROM SOUHEGAN RIVER AND LOCAL PONDS HAS CAUSED
SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES...INCLUDING SOUTHBOUND BOSTON POST
ROAD...ROUTE 122 NEAR THE AMHERST COUNTRY CLUB...STEARNS
ROAD...AND PONE PARISH ROAD.

0135 PM FLOOD HAVERHILL 42.78N 71.09W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

A FEW TREES FELL DUE TO WET SOIL...CAUSING A BEAVER DAM
TO LET GO...CAUSING SOME DAMAGE TO A SEWER PLANT AND
SEWAGE SPILLING INTO THE MERRIMACK RIVER. ALSO..20 HORSES
BEING EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING.

0140 PM FLOOD MERRIMACK 42.87N 71.48W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

NUMEROUS STREAMS OUT OF BANKS AND ROAD CLOSURES.

0140 PM FLOOD NEW BOSTON 42.97N 71.68W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

NUMEROUS STREAMS OUT OF BANKS AND ROAD CLOSURES.

0140 PM FLOOD GOFFSTOWN 43.02N 71.60W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED INCLUDING MAST ROAD AND EAST
DUNBARTON ROAD. EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS OCCURRING DUE TO
FLOODING OF THE PISCATAQUOG RIVER.

0140 PM FLOOD BEDFORD 42.95N 71.50W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO BABOOSIC BROOK FLOODING.

0230 PM FLOOD ESSEX 42.63N 70.77W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

APPLE STREET IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING OF ALEWIFE BROOK.


0240 PM FLOOD ANDOVER 42.66N 71.14W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

SHAWSHEEN RIVER CAUSING PART OF ROUTE 28 TO BE CLOSED.
ALSO A POND WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS.

0246 PM FLOOD SALEM 42.53N 70.87W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

RT. 107 BRIDGE...WATER WAS 2-3 INCHES FROM THE TOP OF THE
BRIDGE.

0315 PM FLOOD PELHAM 42.73N 71.32W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

SEVERAL BROOKS IN FLOOD. SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED.

0315 PM FLOOD HUDSON 42.76N 71.43W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

SEVERAL BROOKS FLOODED. SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED.

0348 PM FLOOD LYNN 42.47N 70.96W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

STRAWBERRY BROOK FLOODED.

0411 PM FLOOD WENHAM 42.60N 70.88W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

WENHAM LAKE FLOODING.

0414 PM FLOOD LYNN 42.47N 70.96W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

MAGNOLIA PARK FLOODED WITH 8+ INCHES OF WATER.

0415 PM FLOOD BEVERLY 42.56N 70.84W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

CARS SUBMERGED ON BRIMBLE AVENUE.

0423 PM FLOOD DANVERS 42.57N 70.95W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

ENDICOTT PARK CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AND WASHOUTS.

0505 PM FLOOD MERRIMACK 42.87N 71.48W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

WINE ROAD CLOSED.

0505 PM FLOOD BEDFORD 42.95N 71.50W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING INCLUDING OLD SAW
MILL ROAD...NORTH AMHERST ROAD AND TWIN BROOK ROAD.

0505 PM FLOOD AMHERST 42.87N 71.62W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

ROUTE 101 AT THE BEDFORD/AMHERST LINE CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. HORACE GREELEY ROAD CLOSED.

0545 PM FLOOD GOFFSTOWN 43.02N 71.60W
05/14/2006 HILLSBOROUGH NH AMATEUR RADIO

ALL ROADS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY
VEHICLES. 75 HOMES EVACUATED. WINDING BROOK OUT OF ITS
BANKS. BRIDGE ON ADDISONS ROAD WASHED OUT.

0547 PM FLOOD TEWKSBURY 42.62N 71.23W
05/14/2006 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

BRIDGE AND SOUTH STREETS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM
SHAWSHEEN RIVER.

0550 PM FLOOD HINGHAM 42.24N 70.89W
05/14/2006 PLYMOUTH MA AMATEUR RADIO

BEAL STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

0619 PM FLOOD BOSTON 42.32N 71.07W
05/14/2006 SUFFOLK MA AMATEUR RADIO

VEHICLE SUNK INTO A SINK HOLE ON HARRISON AT ALBANY
STREET.

0638 PM FLOOD LYNN 42.47N 70.96W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

ROUTE 107 FLOODED.

0651 PM FLOOD PEABODY 42.53N 70.97W
05/14/2006 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO

WATER UP TO THE HOOD OF A VEHICLE ON UPTON STREET.
EVACUATIONS OCCURRING ON COUNTY ROAD.


&&

$$

JWD

Hopefully, this rain will end up there pretty soon, but the way it looks right now, its going to be a wet week up there. I'm going to be going on vacation up that way in a couple weeks to visit my parents in Connecticut, but my wife and I are going to be going up to Mount Washington in New Hampshere one of those days. Have no idea what I'm going to be expecting to see now.

Wow those are really big numbers!

Mount Washington would likely be snowbound at the summit if those lines made it up there...

It looks like they have been all rain as well on the summit. Temps have been in the lower to middle 30s for the day and upper 20s for the night. The heaviest rains have stayed south of this region, probably along and south of I-93 that runs southeast to northwest from Littleton to Manchester to the MA state line.

It's been quite a weekend up here in Everett. Nearly 10 inches of rain made for a dismal weekend, to say the least. I'm a transplanted Pittsburgher, and have never seen such a 2 day drenching in my life. Usually, you get a report of a spotty 10 inch rainfall during extremely heavy thunderstorm episodes, but this was so widespread. I think before it's over (yes, it's still raining), you'll see some 16+ inch reports from this storm. Maybe even more!
Bernie

Here is an interesting snippet from this morning AFD from Boston concerning the Climo data and this current system:

.CLIMATE...
BOSTON HAD RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OF 3.77 INCHES...WHICH BREAKS THE
MAY 14 CALENDAR DAY RECORD OF 1 INCH FROM 1882.

THROUGH 1 AM...THE MONTH TO DATE PRECIPITATION IN BOSTON IS 10.75
INCHES...WHICH MAKES IT THE 2ND WETTEST MAY ON RECORD. HERE ARE THE
TOP 3 WETTEST MAYS ON RECORD FOR BOSTON.

1. 13.38 INCHES IN 1954
2. 10.75 INCHES IN 2006
3. 8.77 INCHES IN 1984

THROUGH 1 AM...THE MONTH TO DAY PRECIPITATION IN PROVIDENCE IS 5.84
INCHES...WHICH IS 8TH WETTEST MAY IN 100 YEARS OF RECORD KEEPING. IT
WILL NOT TAKE MUCH OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS TO JUMP TO 5TH WETTEST
MAY...WHICH IS CURRENTLY 6.07 INCHES IN 1989.

WE HAVE CHECKED THE ALL TIME MAY TOTALS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
/MULTIPLE OFFICES SERVING/ FROM COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS AND STANDARD
LONG TERM NWS LOCATIONS...AND STEVENSON DAM IN CT HAS THE LARGEST
KNOWN MONTHLY TOTAL FOR MAY WITH 15.30 INCHES IN 1989. PERU MA
RECORDED 13.60 INCHES IN MAY 1984...FOLLOWED BY BOSTON MA WITH 13.38
INCHES IN MAY 1954.

AS OF 2 PM SUNDAY...IPSWICH MA HAD UNOFFICIALLY RECEIVED 14.54 INCHES
OVER THE FIRST 14 DAYS OF THIS MONTH. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THIS CURRENT
EVENT HAS PROPELLED PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS TOWARD ALL
TIME MAY RECORDS. WAKEFIELD MA UNOFFICIALLY HAD RECORDED OVER A FOOT
OF RAINFALL THIS MONTH.

REGARDING THE BOSTON MEDIA REQUEST FOR 2 AND 3 DAY RECORD RAINFALLS
FOR BOSTON. CONSIDER THIS CORRECTED AND EXPANDED SET OF DATA PROBABLY
COMPLETE...HAVING BEEN SURVEYED AND CONFIRMED VIA TWO INTERNAL SOURCES
AND THREE EXTERNAL SOURCES. THANK YOU TO ALL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTORS
BOTH FOR INQUIRY AND RESOLUTION.

BOSTON TWO CONSECUTIVE DAY /48 HR/ RECORD RAINFALL

08/18-19/1955 11.94
10/20-21/1996 7.89
05/13-14/2006 7.61
06/13-14/1998 6.86

BOSTON THREE CONSECUTIVE DAY /72 HR/ RECORD RAINFALL

08/17-19/1955 12.47
10/20-22/1996 7.99
05/12-14/2006 7.98
09/15-17/1933 7.87
06/13-15/1998 7.85

ALSO FOR WHAT THIS IS WORTH...BOSTON HAS HAD 3 SUCCESSIVE DAYS OF
DAILY RECORD RAINFALL...JULY 2-4 2002...BUT THE DAILY PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS WERE RELATIVELY MODEST. AS OF TODAY...BOSTON HAS TWO
CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF RECORD DAILY RAINFALL.

OCTOBER 2005 IN BOSTON AREA AND NORTH SHORE WAS NOT AS SERIOUS WHEN
COMPARED TO THE FIRST 14 DAYS OF MAY 2006! ALREADY MAY 2006 SURPASSES
OCT 2005 AT LOGAN AIRPORT BY ALMOST AN INCH. EVEN THE GREAT BLUE HILL...
WITH ITS 14.32 INCHES IN OCT 2005...HAS HAD ITS AMOUNT SURPASSED UP IN
IPSWICH MA THIS MONTH. OCT 2005 PRODUCED MANY RAINFALL TOTALS OF OF 15
TO 17 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN CT...THE WESTERN HALF OF MA...AND UP
INTO CHESHIRE COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST NH.

&&

Tons of flooding now. That's amazing!

Tons of flooding now. That's amazing!

Yes, it is pretty amazing...

Was in New Castle, NH (near Portsmouth, NH) Saturday night for a cello concert and drive up was extraordinarily nasty--lots of pooling, low spot flooding, etc. The causeway was almost scary.
Went to visit friends in Newburyport, MA for the night--amazing amounts of water...
Then went to Durham for another cello concert (my grandchildren were playing) and while we were in the church where the concert was being held and during the concert water started pooling around our feet... Just spoke with some one there and she said in some places water is receeding but in others getting deeper...
My daughter lives on high ground but had trouble getting home--had to go back to avoid a big hole in Route 136 and later had to go around through Goffstown... which is "closed." I was in Manchester, NH and the river was really scary this morning... the river is a totally different river... I'm working in Northern MA and it's a huge mess... You can't "go" anywhere without trying to find alternate routes... you get on a highway but can't get off in lots of places... A friend in Methuen has over a foot of water in her cellar, no heat, hot water, electricity, etc. and may have to evacuate soon...

What is scariest to me is that younger people aren't as "scared" of it as they should be. It really had to get pretty terrible before anyone paid attention.

Persepone:

How bad has it been on the Cape?

My parents have a house in Sippewissett (Falmouth) that's pretty low-lying with a little marsh on part of the lot. I'm wondering if the water is up enough that it might have flooded the basement.

The water was "pooling around your feet"!?!?!?? OMG!! That would've scared the heck out of me!!

I hope that you all get relief up there soon!

Water pooling around our feet was not from river coming up--but still very scary--because it was part of general saturation/flooding/ponding--and that is what makes it so scary...

I understand from last weekend how/why people get caught in houses/cars in floods...

What happens is that you are driving (walking, or even inside a house) in such heavy rain that you see all these places where there is water--it may be 2-3 inches, it may be 6" and your initial tendency is to think, "oh, it's just low ground, oh, it's just ponding, oh, the gutters must be overflowing, etc. And the net result is that you really don't know after a while what is going on.

Your immediate reaction is not that you are going to be part of some larger flooding. And that is especially true here in New England (this time) where flooding seems to be by neighborhood--and even by house within neighborhoods, etc. And your cellar may be full of water but you don't have water lapping at your front steps like the guy down the street does--but his house is lower than yours... so technically his is "flood" while yours is "water table" or something.

But with pounding rain and poor visibility, you don't really notice (at first) whether the few inches of water covering the road are just because of poor drainage or whether the water is "coming up" on the road! I'm not describing this right, but there really is a tendency to give the water the benefit of the doubt so to speak. You sort of say to yourself, "oh, the storm drains must be all clogged up" rather than realizing that the side road at the intersection has turned into some sort of man-made river channel...

So yes, it is very scary--but a different type of scary. Also it is scary in retrospect because I realize that almost drove into danger--we were going to go to Newmarket but instead went the "long way" via Portsmouth to Rye (which probably was not such a good place to be either... before dropping back down into MA.

What I found interesting is that I'm a pretty alert and pretty cautious person and in general this was scary because a lot of the "danger signals" were missing for me. Those wet feet were really a wake-up call--this was not your ordinary "heavy rain" event.

Well, I'm glad that you are alright and it seems like FINALLY, the heavy stuff is history for you up there.