The Flood Warning continues for the Farmington River at Simsbury. * At 11:31 am Tuesday the stage was 12.5 feet. * Flood stage is 12.0 feet. * Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage early tonight. * Impact... at 13.0 feet... flooding affects old farms and tolliston roads in Avon... Meadow Road in Farmington... and nod... Riverside... and Terrys Plain roads in Simsbury. Route 315 in Simsbury is also impacted. Flooding spreads into Plantation Country Club and adjoining town farm Road in Simsbury. Also... flooding will approach the Paine boathouse.
Record Report
Statement as of 01:44 am EDT on March 16, 2010
... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Boston MA...
a record rainfall of 2.11 inch(es) was measured at Logan International Airport which set at a new daily rainfall record for Boston MA for yesterday... March 15th. This breaks the old record of 1.39 set in 1953.
Local Storm Report
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/14/2010 0100 am
East Windsor, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Few reports of tree limbs and wires down.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/14/2010 0100 am
East Windsor, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Few reports of tree limbs and wires down.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/14/2010 0100 am
East Windsor, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Few reports of tree limbs and wires down.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/14/2010 0100 am
East Windsor, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Few reports of tree limbs and wires down.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/14/2010 0100 am
East Windsor, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Few reports of tree limbs and wires down.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/14/2010 0100 am
East Windsor, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Few reports of tree limbs and wires down.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/14/2010 0100 am
East Windsor, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Few reports of tree limbs and wires down.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/14/2010 0100 am
East Windsor, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Few reports of tree limbs and wires down.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/14/2010 0100 am
East Windsor, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Few reports of tree limbs and wires down.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/14/2010 0100 am
East Windsor, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Few reports of tree limbs and wires down.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
03/13/2010 0608 PM
Manchester, Hartford County.
Non-thunderstorm wind damage, reported by amateur radio.
Tree down on Porter St.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 5:26 PM EDT on March 16, 2010
The following are a mix of official ASOS observations and many unofficial but highly representative observations for the major noreaster of March 13-15 2010.
The axis of heaviest rain was found within 30 miles of eastern Massachusetts coast where record daily rains occurred at 100 year long term climate sites on successive days /14th-15th/ at Boston... and only on the 14th at Worcester and Providence.
Amounts of six to 10 inches occurred within 30 miles of the eastern Massachusetts coast... centered from Boston to its North Shore.
This probably is one of the heaviest late winter/early Spring storms in our area... which also produced floods of record and near record... without the contribution of snowmelt!
A smaller 5 inch rainfall axis was aligned near the Connecticut Rhode Island border.
This storm followed two weeks on the heels of the late February two storm combination event that deposited 2 to 6 inches of water equivalent precipitation in the Interstate 95 corridor of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Late winter temperatures prevent the same evaporation rates and soil drying capability of the warmer Summer.
Subsequently... the arrival of possibly the heaviest widespread rain event in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island since the Spring rains of may and June 2006 /excluding the tropical related Summer and fall events/... had less available soil and Reservoir storage capacity... and the result... was greater runoff and widespread flooding.
Appreciation is extended to Highway departments... cooperative observers... Skywarn spotters and media for these reports. This summary is also available on our home Page at weather.Gov/Boston
********************storm total rainfall********************
Location storm total time/date comments rainfall of (inches) measurement
... Windham County... Sterling 5.04 900 PM 3/14 amateur radio East Killingly 4.64 755 am 3/16 final Willimantic 2.61 552 PM 3/15 ASOS
Massachusetts
... Barnstable County... East Falmouth 3.27 743 am 3/16 final Yarmouth Port 3.18 802 am 3/15 public Hyannis 2.70 551 PM 3/15 ASOS
... Bristol County... Dighton 6.51 510 am 3/16 NWS employee Mansfield 6.51 1100 PM 3/15 spotter Taunton 6.11 100 am 3/16 NWS office West Mansfield 6.10 1000 am 3/16 final Norton 5.76 745 am 3/15 cocorahs Acushnet 5.71 830 am 3/16 final Raynham 5.10 911 am 3/15 amateur radio east ray Mansfield 5.09 1205 am 3/15 spotter Norton 5.05 730 am 3/16 spotter New Bedford 4.66 100 am 3/16 ASOS Rehoboth 4.65 1120 PM 3/15 NWS employee Attleboro 3.56 755 am 3/15 cocorahs Fairhaven 3.42 559 am 3/16 final
... Essex County... Topsfield 10.13 1049 PM 3/15 amateur radio Ipswich 8.07 627 am 3/16 final Methuen 7.80 948 PM 3/15 spotter Beverly 7.75 100 am 3/16 ASOS Swampscott 6.88 951 am 3/16 final Haverhill 6.81 1014 PM 3/15 amateur radio Lawrence 6.80 100 am 3/16 ASOS Marblehead 6.80 924 PM 3/15 spotter Ipswich 6.50 556 am 3/15 spotter West Peabody 6.50 1047 PM 3/15 amateur radio Rockport 4.69 909 PM 3/15 spotter Lynn 4.45 900 PM 3/14 amateur radio Salisbury 4.11 900 PM 3/14 amateur radio
... Franklin County... Orange 1.43 607 PM 3/15 ASOS
... Middlesex County... Woburn 10.33 1140 PM 3/15 spotter Cambridge 8.32 1000 PM 3/15 spotter reading 8.18 1053 am 3/16 final Acton 8.08 800 am 3/16 final Billerica 8.00 1145 PM 3/15 spotter Bedford 7.92 100 am 3/16 ASOS Waltham 7.76 904 PM 3/15 spotter Stoneham 7.41 959 PM 3/15 spotter Wilmington 7.28 1118 PM 3/15 public Wakefield 7.18 904 PM 3/15 spotter Natick 6.20 730 am 3/16 final Westford 6.00 1010 PM 3/15 spotter Lowell 5.85 940 PM 3/15 spotter South Billerica 5.85 1045 PM 3/15 spotter North Tewksbury 5.77 941 PM 3/15 spotter Framingham 5.65 757 PM 3/15 amateur radio Kingston 5.52 754 am 3/15 cocorahs Hudson 5.50 809 am 3/15 amateur radio Groton 5.09 546 am 3/15 spotter Pepperell 4.94 643 am 3/15 spotter Melrose 4.84 756 am 3/15 cocorahs
... Norfolk County... South Weymouth 9.72 114 am 3/16 media Milton 9.51 100 am 3/16 ASOS Braintree 8.25 800 am 3/15 spotter Braintree 8.25 800 PM 3/15 spotter Foxborough 8.25 1030 am 3/16 final Norwood 7.25 700 am 3/16 final Dedham 6.80 1024 PM 3/15 spotter Randolph 6.73 1210 am 3/16 spotter Medway 6.50 521 PM 3/15 amateur radio Franklin 4.84 530 am 3/16 final Wrentham 4.60 1055 am 3/16 final
... Plymouth County... Halifax 7.01 709 PM 3/15 spotter Kingston 6.52 640 am 3/15 cocorahs Bridgewater 6.25 1025 am 3/15 spotter Brockton 6.22 944 am 3/16 final Plymouth 5.79 100 am 3/16 ASOS
... Suffolk County... East Boston 6.98 100 am 3/16 ASOS Winthrop 6.42 300 PM 3/15 spotter
... Worcester County... Milford 6.20 955 PM 3/15 spotter Fitchburg 5.64 742 am 3/16 final Ashburnham 5.16 200 am 3/16 coop Shrewsbury 4.77 1018 PM 3/15 spotter North Grafton 4.46 1001 PM 3/15 spotter Worcester 3.83 100 am 3/16 ASOS Southbridge 3.20 1034 PM 3/15 spotter Royalston 2.41 823 PM 3/15 spotter
New Hampshire
... Cheshire County... Jaffrey 4.91 100 am 3/16 ASOS Troy 2.83 558 am 3/15 spotter
... Hillsborough County... Francestown 5.45 625 PM 3/15 coop observer Nashua 4.82 1048 am 3/16 final NWS employee Hudson 4.63 821 PM 3/15 coop Manchester 3.92 100 am 3/16 ASOS Goffstown 3.22 704 PM 3/15 spotter
Rhode Island
... Bristol County... Warren 4.85 102 am 3/16 public
... Kent County... Warwick 3.68 100 am 3/16 tf green ASOS
... Providence County... North Foster 5.71 1110 PM 3/15 coop west Glocester 5.51 747 am 3/15 spotter Burrillville 4.30 800 am 3/16 final Woonsocket 4.07 803 am 3/16 final East Providence 3.96 107 PM 3/15 spotter Providence 3.77 1225 am 3/16 public Smithfield 3.10 842 am 3/15 AWOS
... Washington County... South Kingstown 5.55 1215 am 3/16 spotter westerly 4.01 728 am 3/16 final Block Island 2.14 843 am 3/15 AWOS