Home / Massachusetts / Dukes
Coastal Flood in Dukes, Massachusetts
Coastal Flood December 23, 2022 · Dukes, Massachusetts
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Vineyard Gazette and GoMV.Com showed photos of moderate flooding in Vineyard Haven on Water Street near the Steamship Authority and in the Five Corners area. In Edgartown, moderate coastal flooding also occurred, with the Dock Street flooded (via the Chappaquiddick Ferry) and other flooding on the Chappaquiddick side of the harbor. In Oak Bluffs, the was moderate flooding on Lake Avenue and Beach Road, per the Vineyard Gazette and Martha's Vineyard Times.
The wider storm
Low pressure deepened rapidly as it tracked through the eastern Great Lakes.
The storm produced damaging southeast to south winds across much of southern New England and minor to moderate coastal flooding the east and south coasts. There were two rounds of strong wind gusts -- one in the morning and one in the late afternoon and evening. Two to 3.5 inches of rain fell across much of RI and interior MA.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1073752. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
Tornadoes near your address
See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.
We couldn’t get your location. Check that location access is allowed for this site, or type an address.