Heavy Rain, Barnstable
- When
- April 1, 3:00 PM EST to April 2, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Barnstable forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.684, -70.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, April 1 to 2, 1998
Heavy rain occurred, with amounts totaling 2 inches or more, over southeast coastal Massachusetts. This included the south portion of Bristol and Plymouth Counties and Cape Cod (Barnstable County).
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 3
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 BOX wrote it up.
Heavy rain occurred, with amounts totaling 2 inches or more, over southeast coastal Massachusetts. This included the south portion of Bristol and Plymouth Counties and Cape Cod (Barnstable County). Almost all of the rain occurred during a 12-hour period from 3 PM on April 1st to 3 AM on April 2nd. The maximum total of 3.2 inches was reported from Mashpee. Other amounts included: Sandwich, 2.50 inches; East Falmouth, 2.40 inches; Falmouth, 2.34 inches; New Bedford, 2.08 inches; Acushnet, 2.01 inches; and 2.00 inches at Centreville, Pocasset, South Hyannis, and West Yarmouth. Small hail (bb-size) fell at East Falmouth and pea size hail was reported at Pocasset.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Southern Bristol
- When
- April 1, 3:00 PM EST to April 2, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Bristol forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.757, -71.088 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Southern Plymouth
- When
- April 1, 3:00 PM EST to April 2, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Plymouth forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.987, -70.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 1, 1998
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, April 1, 1998
- Flood in California, April 1, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, April 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, April 1 to 19, 1998
- Flood in New York, April 1 to 7, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, April 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, April 1, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998
- Flooding in Vermont, April 1 to 13, 1998
- Wildfire and Drought in Guam, April 1 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, April 1998
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: 5649704, 5649705, 5649706.