Heavy Rain, Bristol
- When
- July 26, 10:00 PM EST to July 27, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bristol County, Fairhaven
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.757, -71.088 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, July 26 to 27, 2000
Tropical moisture surging northward combined with a slow moving front south of New England to bring locally heavy rainfall to parts of eastern Massachusetts. 09 inches of rain fell in Fairhaven.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
Tropical moisture surging northward combined with a slow moving front south of New England to bring locally heavy rainfall to parts of eastern Massachusetts. As much as 3.50 inches of rain fell in Billerica, and 3.09 inches of rain fell in Fairhaven. Many other areas received 2 to 3 inches of rain.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Middlesex
- When
- July 26, 10:00 PM EST to July 27, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Middlesex County, Billerica
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.486, -71.392 (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 Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 26 to 27, 2000
- Wildfire in Hawaii, July 26, 2000
- Wildfire in Idaho, July 26 to 31, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 26 to 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 26, 2000
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 26, 2000
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 26, 2000
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, July 2000
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: 5162722, 5162723.