Flood, Northern Berkshire
- When
- December 2, 11:00 AM EST to 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Berkshire forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.371, -73.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Massachusetts, December 2, 1996
Low pressure produced 1 to 3 inches of rain across much of western New England during December 1 through the morning of December 2. This amount of rainfall during the late fall season resulted in flooding across parts of Berkshire County.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
Low pressure produced 1 to 3 inches of rain across much of western New England during December 1 through the morning of December 2. This amount of rainfall during the late fall season resulted in flooding across parts of Berkshire County. The Green River flooded in the Town of Egremont. Boice Road in North Egremont was under water. Minor flooding also occurred along the Hoosic River.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Marine High Wind in California, December 2, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, December 2, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, December 2, 1996
- Flooding in Vermont, December 2, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, December 2, 1996
- Flooding in New York, December 2, 1996
- Flooding in New York, December 2 to 3, 1996
- Flash Flooding in Maine, December 2, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, December 2, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, December 2, 1996
- Flash Flood in Vermont, December 2, 1996
- Flooding in New York, December 2, 1996
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5576017.