High Winds, Flooding Rains Cause Damage Across MA: Where Was It Worst?

MASSACHUSETTS — A warm and wild winter storm left a path of flood and wind damage across Massachusetts Wednesday night with some areas experiencing more than 4 inches of rain and winds up to 66 miles per hour.

After a warm, showery day south of Boston and a cold, raw morning north of the city, the entire region got in on the tropical feel late in the afternoon and early in the evening with a 65 mph gust recorded at the Blue Hills Observatory and 66 mph gust at Woods Hole in Falmouth, and 4.19 inches of rain reported in Attleboro, to along with temperatures soaring into the 60s.

The Ted Williams Tunnel was even shut down for about an hour on Wednesday night as blocked storm drains causes water to rise near the tops of car doors traveling underground.

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Here are the top record wind gusts and rainfall amounts from the National Weather Service:

Wind Gusts

• 66 mph Woods Hole, Falmouth
• 65 mph Hull
• 64 mph West Falmouth
• 62 mph Plymouth
• 61 mph Duxbury
• 61 mph Martha's Vineyard
• 58 mph Wellfleet
• 58 mph New Bedford
• 55 mph Taunton
• 54 mph Marshfield
• 53 mph Brighton
• 52 mph Provincetown
• 51 mph Marblehead
• 51 mph Logan Airport, East Boston

Rainfall Totals

• 4.19 inches Attleboro
• 3.84 inches Easton
• 3.76 inches Sharon
• 3.68 inches Wrentham
• 3.64 inches Blue Hills
• 3.50 inches Rehoboth
• 3.45 inches Bridgewater
• 3.28 inches Plymouth
• 3.25 inches Lexington
• 3.23 inches Cambridge
• 3.10 inches Ipswich
• 3.08 inches Fenway Park, Boston
• 3.07 inches Webster

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)