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Flood in Essex County, Massachusetts
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, there were flooded vehicles stuck on Massachusetts Ave under the I-495 overpass. High St in Andover was under several feet of water.
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 (42.6975, -71.1400).
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 1119881. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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