Coastal Flood in Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

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.

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.