Coastal Flood — Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

2022-01-17 · Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

Event narrative

In Nahant at 945 AM EST there was splashover flooding on Willow Rd. In Lynn at 1010 AM EST Lynn Shore Drive was closed at the Nahant rotary. In Ipswich at 1030 AM EST there was coastal flooding on Argilla Rd at Fox Creek. In Salem at 1045 AM EST the bridge at Flint St was flooded and railroad signals were affected.

Wider weather episode

A strong low pressure system moved up the eastern seaboard Sunday night into Monday bringing heavy snow to western and central Massachusetts and snow changing to rain elsewhere. Strong winds caused some damage and there were some coastal flooding issues as well. Snow overspread the region between 10pm and 2 am before quickly changing to rain across most of CT, RI, and eastern MA. Strong to damaging winds impacted the south coast late Sunday night into Monday morning with moderate coastal flooding during the Mon morning high tide.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1002545. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.