Heavy rain triggers flash flooding in parts of Massachusetts

BOSTON — Heavy rain that fell quickly in southeastern Massachusetts and the south shore added up quickly and caused some flash flooding and some dangerous travel conditions.

The National Weather Service had issued a Flash Flood Warning for much of the afternoon on Tuesday, after the deluge.

Trained weather spotters reported thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the area.

Check out some of the rain totals as of 9:30 pm

Rehoboth 7.01 inches

Attleboro 4.42 inches

Taunton 4.35 inches

Sandwich 2.50 inches

Bourne 1.72 inches

The heavy rain closed a portion of I-195 near the Massachusetts and Rhode Island border.

Flooding closed I-195 West in East Providence on Tuesday

Check out some of the rainfall reports from today! Flooding was a big issue in some areas south of Boston for a few hours. pic.twitter.com/4Q1ZAmmyMw
— Vicki Graf (@VickiGrafWX) August 23, 2022

The rain was so heavy in Plymouth, that it almost sank some boats.

The Plymouth Harbormaster says crews saved three vessels from going under.

@Plymouth_Harbor crews out dewatering vessels due to the tremendous amount of rainfall!! Crews saved 3 vessels from possibly sinking! pic.twitter.com/sEBj10jtdS
— PlymouthHarbormaster (@Plymouth_Harbor) August 23, 2022

A homeowner in Norwell called fire officials thinking their house had been struck by lightning this afternoon. Turns out, a tree had fallen on the house’s service breaker, causing a fire. Fortunately, there were no injuries.

At approximately 4:15 this afternoon the South Shore Regional Emergency Communications Center received a call from a...
Posted by Norwell Fire Department on Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Vivid lightning was also reported throughout the afternoon.

Check out this photo from Kington of a rainbow, with a flash of lightning.

Rainbow and lightning in KIngston (Jim and Doreen Daly)

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