Images of flooding in Mass., Cape Cod on Friday – NBC Boston

Heavy rain and thunderstorms brought on flooding in elements of Massachusetts on Friday.

In Falmouth, police urged folks to remain off of flooded roads, sharing photos of a flooded fuel station and water coming into their very own station. Off-duty officers had been known as in to assist out.

Video confirmed rivers of water in Falmouth and, in Brockton, flooded streets, too.

Ardian Ajxin, a truck driver, was touring north from southern Massachusetts Friday night time.

“It is horrible,” he mentioned. “Flash flooding all over the place. To drive, particularly on the freeway at night time, may be very gradual.”

A lightning strike sparked a hearth in Abington Thursday, whereas on Friday, heavy rain led to a Cape Cod fuel station being flooded.

A flood watch was issued for elements of Bristol and Plymouth counties Friday afternoon, in addition to elements of Rhode Island. The Nationwide Climate Service mentioned that 1-2 inches of rain had been anticipated to fall, practically doubling the quantity that had already fallen by mid-afternoon.

Friday night time, a flash flood warning was in impact in Bristol and Plymouth counties. A extreme thunderstorm warning was additionally issued in southeastern Massachusetts, and the Nationwide Climate Service additionally shared a particular climate assertion noting that minor flooding was doable in Boston and the encompassing space attributable to a thunderstorm shifting via.

See extreme climate warning particulars to your space right here.

Amid all of the rain, the Massachusetts Emergency Administration Company shared a warning for drivers reminding them that it isn’t protected to try to make it via flooded streets.