Dangerous flash flooding leaving Massachusetts roadways under water
DOWN. CINDY IT IS CONTINUING, ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY ON THESE LAST FEW FRAMES, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE ORANGE IS GOING AWAY. NOW WE’RE LEFT WITH YELLOW. IT IS STILL RAINING AND IT IS STILL CAUSING PROBLEMS. THAT FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115. AND YOU SEE HOW THIS GREEN BOX HAS A YELLOW KIND OF OUTLINE TO IT. THAT IS WHAT IS CALLED A CONSIDERABLE TAG FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, WHICH THEY SAY MEANS LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING YOU NEED TO TAKE SERIOUSLY. WE HAVE HAD REPORTS OF 4 TO 5IN OF RAIN FROM BRAINTREE WEYMOUTH, NORTH HINGHAM, EVEN DOWN TO NORWOOD, OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN. AND THIS IS THE AREA THAT IS EXPERIENCING THE WORST OF THE FLASH FLOODING RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT LINE GOES ALL THE WAY INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS IS GOING TO KICK OUT. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE’RE PULLING THAT RAIN AWAY BY MIDDAY. THIS IS SHIFTING ON OUT. IT IS MUC
Early-morning downpours have left several Massachusetts roadways under water as rainfall rates of 4 inches per hour were reported in some communities.”The downpours will be too much for some of the storm drains to handle,” StormTeam 5 meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon said. “It will lead to some localized flooding.”A flash flood warning is in place until 11:15 a.m. for northeast Norfolk, southern Suffolk and northcentral Plymouth counties.Info: Interactive Radar | Alerts | FuturecastInterstate 93 is experiencing “significant flooding” as a result of the rainfall, and Massachusetts State Police are urging motorists to avoid the area of exit 3 (Houghton’s Pond/Ponkapaug Road).I-93 northbound in Quincy was closed at exit 8 due to flooding, and the northbound side of the Southeast Expressway through Milton was flooded.The flash flood warning carries a “considerable” threat tag, meaning “life-threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses,” according to the National Weather Service in Norton.By 9 a.m. more than 5 inches of rain fell in East Braintree, accord to the National Weather Service.Video Below: Flooding on Southeast Expressway The rain will taper off Thursday afternoon, but it will be very humid with dew points in the 70s.”We are going to dry things out by 2 p.m., so it will turn drier for the afternoon areas, but the rain will linger the longest on Cape Cod,” Fitzgibbon said. It will be a mostly dry afternoon and evening with temperatures dipping into the 60s. Warmer and drier conditions return Friday and continue throughout the weekend before summertime heat and humidity make a return for the start of next week.
MILTON, Mass. —Early-morning downpours have left several Massachusetts roadways under water as rainfall rates of 4 inches per hour were reported in some communities.
“The downpours will be too much for some of the storm drains to handle,” StormTeam 5 meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon said. “It will lead to some localized flooding.”
A flash flood warning is in place until 11:15 a.m. for northeast Norfolk, southern Suffolk and northcentral Plymouth counties.
Info: Interactive Radar | Alerts | Futurecast
Interstate 93 is experiencing “significant flooding” as a result of the rainfall, and Massachusetts State Police are urging motorists to avoid the area of exit 3 (Houghton’s Pond/Ponkapaug Road).
I-93 northbound in Quincy was closed at exit 8 due to flooding, and the northbound side of the Southeast Expressway through Milton was flooded.
The flash flood warning carries a “considerable” threat tag, meaning “life-threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses,” according to the National Weather Service in Norton.
By 9 a.m. more than 5 inches of rain fell in East Braintree, accord to the National Weather Service.
Video Below: Flooding on Southeast Expressway
The rain will taper off Thursday afternoon, but it will be very humid with dew points in the 70s.
“We are going to dry things out by 2 p.m., so it will turn drier for the afternoon areas, but the rain will linger the longest on Cape Cod,” Fitzgibbon said.
It will be a mostly dry afternoon and evening with temperatures dipping into the 60s.
Warmer and drier conditions return Friday and continue throughout the weekend before summertime heat and humidity make a return for the start of next week.
