Road Closures, Downed Trees Hit Cape Cod During Storm

CAPE COD, MA — Wednesday's storm brought strong winds and heavy rain that knocked down trees and wires, causing issues for local first responders.

According to the National Weather Service, the storm dumped more than two inches and brought wind gusts over 65 mph in some sections of Cape Cod.

Here's the wind report from the NWS:

• Woods Hole — 66 mph
• West Falmouth — 64 mph
• Wellfleet — 58 mph
• Hatch Beach — 57 mph
• Kalmus — 52 mph
• Provincetown — 52 mph
• Chapin — 51 mph
• Hyannis — 51 mph
• West Dennis — 51 mph
• Chatham — 49 mph
• Otis AFB — 48 mph
• Camp Edwards — 43 mph
• Waquoit Bay — 42 mph
• Marstons Mills — 42 mph

And rainfall totals, in inches:

• Mashpee — 2.42
• Camp Edwards — 2.12
• Falmouth — 1.9
• Yarmouth — 1.85
• Hyannis — 1.82
• Harwich — 1.73
• East Falmouth — 1.58
• Bourne — 1.41
• West Chatham — 1.31
• West Dennis — 1.17

In Bourne, police officials said at 10:47 p.m. on Wednesday that Brooks Road was closed due to downed trees and power lines, Nightingale Pond Road was closed due to a downed tree that hit a house and at least one area of town had standing water.

In Provincetown, Bradford Street from Prince Street to Court Street was completely shut down to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic on Wednesday due to a fallen tree and downed wires, police said. It has since reopened.

Officials there did use the weather as a "practice test" to evaluate new deployable coastal flood barriers "in the low-lying area along Commercial Street in the area between Howland Street and Anthony Street," officials said.

The temporary test barriers remained in place for the high tide cycle beginning at 8 p.m. Wednesday through 8 a.m. high tide on Thursday.

Orleans fire crews were needed on the scene of a utility pole fire on Old County Road, among other calls for service, officials said.