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Flash Flood in Essex County, Massachusetts
Flash Flood August 8, 2023 · Essex County, Massachusetts
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
In North Andover, a senior housing center on Main St was underwater leading to the evacuation of 150 residents.
The wider storm
A trough moved from the eastern Great Lakes into the mid Atlantic then New England on Tuesday. Southern New England was in the warm sector of a weak low which provided enough instability for scattered thunderstorms Tuesday morning into early afternoon before the cold front moved through. There was an EF-1 tornado in Mattapoisett and an EF-0 tornado in Barnstable.
Began near North Andover (42.6978, -71.1275).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1119879. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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