Coastal Flood in Eastern Plymouth, Massachusetts

In Scituate at 630 AM EST there was water coming over the roadway on Lighthouse Road and Rebecca Rd. In Plymouth at 730 AM EST Warren Ave was closed due to coastal flooding. In Cohasset at 833 AM EST Margin St at Elm St and Howard Gleason Rd were flooded and impassable. In Marshfield at 949 AM EST there was flooding on Ocean St/Route 139 in the Brant Rock area. In Plymouth at 1230 PM EST Route 3A was closed near Clifford Rd due to flooding.

Explosive cyclogenesis of a low pressure center off the Mid Atlantic coast brought a strong winter storm with blizzard conditions to all of southern New England Saturday and Saturday night. The storm tracked from east of the Carolinas to the 70w/40n benchmark bringing extreme snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour and winds gusting to hurricane force along the coast and 50 to 60 mph inland. The heaviest snow, just under 30 inches, fell over southeast MA. Snow tapered off overnight Saturday with quiet weather to follow on Sunday.