Tropical Storm — Southern Plymouth, Massachusetts

2017-09-20 to 2017-09-22 · Southern Plymouth, Massachusetts

Event narrative

At 453 PM EST on September 20, a tree fell on a moving vehicle on Glen Charlie Road in Wareham. There were numerous reports of trees down. A tree was down on Mill Street, another down on Point Road, and multiple trees down along U.S Route 6 in Marion. A tree was down blocking Burgess Point Road, another down on Barker Road at Puritan Road, a third on Kingwood Street, and a fourth down on a house on White Pine Avenue in Wareham. A large tree was down on Gosnold Street, another on River Road, and a large tree and wires down with a snapped utility pole on Mattapoisett Neck Road in Mattapoisett. A tree was down on Neck Road, another tree blocking Mendall Road, and a large tree down on power lines blocking Dexter Road in Rochester.

Wider weather episode

Named storm Jose formed over the Tropical Atlantic, moving west and growing to become a Major Hurricane. Jose passed north of the Leeward Islands, then turned on a northward path north of the Dominican Republic. As he moved north, Jose diminished to a Tropical Storm during Tuesday the 19th and then stalled about 150 miles southeast of Nantucket. The storm then slowly drifted south by Friday the 22nd and started to dissipate.

Jose brought strong wind gusts and heavy downpours, primarily to the islands and south coasts of Massachusetts. Rainfall reached about 6 inches on Nantucket, wind gusts reached 62 mph at Nantucket and Aquinnah, and storm surge brought minor coastal flooding to parts of Nantucket.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 721606. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.