Gail Ferr sent us this photo from McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket Rhode Island Saturday evening July 28,2012. The Pawsox game was rained out. Yes, that is someone in the car.
An upper level low pressure system crossed southern New England dropping as much as 4.7" of Rainfall (Longmeadow MA) in just a few hours.
Here is a list of Skywarn Observations supplied by observers in Southern New England.
Flood and Damage Reports: 1250 PM: Chicopee, Mass: Nash Stret -> 2-3" of street flooding across the road 158 PM: Palmer, Mass: Water coming up out of manhole covers with 3-4" of water in the road on Rte 20 near Rte 181. 210 PM: Westfield, Mass: one tree limb down granville road 222 PM: Pleasant Valley, CT: New Hartford Road - Flooded basement 237 PM: Winsted, CT: Wires down - car trapped 312 PM: West Springfield, Mass: one lane of Boulevard Road closed due to flooding 327 PM: Longmeadow, Mass: Williams steet flooded - impassable 334 PM: New Britain, CT: West Main Street from Norton to Cobin Road to Walnut Hill Park -> 4-8" of street flooding. 341 PM: New Britain, CT: Farmington Avenue to Barube street flooded with 2 feet of water -> several cars stuck in flood waters 357 PM: Longmeadow, Mass: Converse street -> cars stuck in flood waters 400 PM: Longmeadow, Mass: partial road washout and sinkhole on side of road - avondale road 400 PM: East Longmeadow, Mass: Section of mill brook drive flooded with 2 feet of water 402 PM: Manchester, CT: 6" of street flooding at the intersection of green road and woodbridge street 410 PM: Belchertown, Mass: Rte 202 near granby mass line -> 6-8" of street flooding 418 PM: Stafford, Springs, CT: Route 190 and West Stafford Road - car stuck in 2 feet of flood waters 530 PM: Newton, Mass: 1900 Block of Washington Street -> Car stuck in flood waters 540 PM: Worcester, Mass: Car stuck in flood waters under the Providence-Worcester Railroad bridge on cambridge street, park ave at salisbury street -> 3-4" of street flooding 628 PM: Burillville, RI: Pascoag section -> grove street - cars stuck in flood waters and closed due to flooding and several side streets in the area closed due to flooding 638 PM: Pawtucket, RI: central avenue -> 6" of street flooding 700 PM: Providence, RI: cars stuck in flood waters near the Dunkin Donuts Center 711 PM: Cumberland, RI: Abbot Street closed due to flooding, several flooded basements in town 714 PM: North Providence, RI: flooded basement on sherwood avenue - car stuck in flood waters on brown street 715 PM: Providence, RI: Roger Williams hospital entrance closed due to flooding and reopened at 815 PM 727 PM: South Kingstown, RI: main entrance to south county hospital closed due to flooding for approximately 20-30 minutes 736 PM: Woonsocket, RI: portion of diamond hill road closed due to flooding 819 PM: Middletown, RI: Car stuck in flood waters on east main road. East Main Road to Valley Road near the Shaws plaza closed due to flooding 820 PM: Newport, RI: several streets closed due to flooding in the northern part of newport 855 PM: New Bedford, Mass: Portions of West Rodney French Boulevard flooded with 6-7" of street flooding and cove street in the area of Roosevelt street flooded with a foot of water on the southern side of the roadway 916 PM: New Bedford, Mass: COve Road at the hurricane barrier - 6-8" of street flooding 921 PM: New Bedford, Ma: Rockdale Avenue at Dartmouth Street and at Allen Street - intersections flooded and impassable 925 PM: Fairhaven, Ma: Washington Street at Adams Street - flooded and impassable 930 PM: New Bedford, Ma: Belleville Avenue between Hatch and Covell Street flooded with 3 feet of water, orchard and fair street intersection impassable due to flooding, rte 18 and weld street off ramp - cars backing up on to rte 18 due to flooding on the ramp, several flooded basements on different streets in the city acushnet ave - manhole cover blown off due to flooding, dartmouth street by perry funeral home car stuck in 2 feet of flood waters, purchase street from weld to penniman street flooded and impassable
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1134 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
PARKING LOT FLOODED WITH 1 FOOT OF WATER IN FRONT OF STAFFORD SPRINGS SAVINGS BANK.
0427 PM FLOOD AGAWAM 42.07N 72.62W 07/28/2012 HAMPDEN MA AMATEUR RADIO
PINE VIEW CIRCLE WITH SEVERAL FLOODED BASEMENTS.
0530 PM FLOOD NEWTON 42.33N 71.21W 07/28/2012 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO
CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS IN THE 1900 BLOCK OF WASHINGTON STREET
0540 PM FLOOD WORCESTER 42.27N 71.81W 07/28/2012 WORCESTER MA AMATEUR RADIO
CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS UNDER THE PROVIDENCE-WORCESTER RAILROAD BRIDGE ON CAMBRIDGE STREET. 3-4 INCHES OF STREET FLOODING ON PARK AVENUE AT SALISBURY STREET.
0628 PM FLASH FLOOD BURRILLVILLE 41.95N 71.72W 07/28/2012 PROVIDENCE RI AMATEUR RADIO
IN THE PASCOAG SECTION ON GROVE STREET CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS AND ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0638 PM FLOOD PAWTUCKET 41.87N 71.37W 07/28/2012 PROVIDENCE RI AMATEUR RADIO
6 INCHES OF STREET FLOODING ON CENTRAL AVENUE.
0700 PM FLASH FLOOD PROVIDENCE 41.82N 71.42W 07/28/2012 PROVIDENCE RI AMATEUR RADIO
CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS NEAR THE DUNKIN DONUTS CENTER IN LA SALLE SQUARE
0711 PM FLOOD CUMBERLAND 41.97N 71.46W 07/28/2012 PROVIDENCE RI AMATEUR RADIO
ABBOT STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...ALSO SEVERAL BASEMENTS WERE FLOODED
0714 PM FLOOD NORTH PROVIDENCE 41.86N 71.46W 07/28/2012 PROVIDENCE RI AMATEUR RADIO
FLOODED BASEMENT ON SHERWOOD AVENUE...ALSO A CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON BROWN STREET.
0715 PM FLASH FLOOD PROVIDENCE 41.82N 71.42W 07/28/2012 PROVIDENCE RI AMATEUR RADIO
ROGER WILLIAMS HOSPITAL ENTRANCE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...WAS REOPENED AT 815 PM.
0727 PM FLASH FLOOD SOUTH KINGSTOWN 41.43N 71.55W 07/28/2012 WASHINGTON RI AMATEUR RADIO
MAIN ENTRANCE TO SOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...REOPENED ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER.
0736 PM FLOOD WOONSOCKET 42.00N 71.50W 07/28/2012 PROVIDENCE RI AMATEUR RADIO
RESERVOIR AVENUE IS CLOSED AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH PARK AVENUE DUE TO FLOODING.
0819 PM FLASH FLOOD MIDDLETOWN 41.55N 71.29W 07/28/2012 NEWPORT RI AMATEUR RADIO
CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON EAST MAIN ROAD. EAST MAIN ROAD TO VALLEY ROAD NEAR THE SHAWS PLAZA CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0820 PM FLOOD NEWPORT 41.49N 71.32W 07/28/2012 NEWPORT RI AMATEUR RADIO
SEVERAL STREETS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF NEWPORT.
0855 PM FLOOD NEW BEDFORD 41.66N 70.94W 07/28/2012 BRISTOL MA AMATEUR RADIO
PORTIONS OF WEST RODNEY FRENCH BLVD FLOODED WITH 6 TO 7 INCHES OF WATER AND COVE STREET NEAR ROOSEVELT STREET FLOODED WITH A FOOT OF WATER ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE ROAD.
0916 PM FLOOD NEW BEDFORD 41.66N 70.94W 07/28/2012 BRISTOL MA AMATEUR RADIO
6 TO 8 INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON COVE ROAD AT THE HURRICANE BARRIER
0921 PM FLOOD NEW BEDFORD 41.66N 70.94W 07/28/2012 BRISTOL MA AMATEUR RADIO
ROCKDALE AVENUE AT DARTMOUTH STREET AND AT ALLEN STREET INTERSECTIONS WERE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.
0925 PM FLOOD FAIRHAVEN 41.65N 70.82W 07/28/2012 BRISTOL MA AMATEUR RADIO
INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON AND ADAMS STREETS WAS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.
0930 PM FLASH FLOOD NEW BEDFORD 41.66N 70.94W 07/28/2012 BRISTOL MA AMATEUR RADIO
BELLEVILLE AVENUE BETWEEN HATCH AND COVELL STREETS WAS FLOODED WITH 3 FEET OF WATER...THE INTERSECTION OF ORCHARD AND FAIR STREETS WAS IMPASSABLE...CARS BACKED UP ON ROUTE 18 AT THE WELD STREET OFF RAMP DUE TO FLOODING ON THE RAMP...SEVERAL FLOODED BASEMENTS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT STREETS...MANHOLE COVER BLOWN OFF DUE TO FLOODING ON ACUSHNET AVENUE...AT DARTMOUTH STREET A FUNERAL HOME CAR WAS STUCK IN 2 FEET OF FLOOD WATERS...PURCHASE STREET WAS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE FROM WELD TO PENNIMAN STREET.
0933 PM FLOOD MARION 41.70N 70.76W 07/28/2012 PLYMOUTH MA AMATEUR RADIO
ROUTE 6 WESTBOUND BY LOCKHEED MARTIN FLOODED
0951 PM FLOOD NEW BEDFORD 41.66N 70.94W 07/28/2012 BRISTOL MA AMATEUR RADIO
COGGESHALL STREET ONRAMP TO I-195 WESTBOUND FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.
