Downpours flood Falmouth police station as flash floods shut roads in southeastern Massachusetts
As much as 6 inches of rain fell on parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, swamping a Falmouth gas station and closing streets from New Bedford to Bourne.
FALMOUTH, Mass. — Flash floods closed roads in southeastern Massachusetts on Nov. 6 and pushed water into a Falmouth gas station and the town's police station, as two weather systems dumped as much as 6 inches of rain on the region and parts of Rhode Island.
Falmouth police handled several calls about flooded streets and summoned every available night-shift worker to keep up with weather calls, Boston 25 News reported. The department told residents to keep off the roads for as long as the storm lasted. NBC Boston reported that police shared images of water coming into the station and brought in off-duty officers to help.
"No cars could get in or out, and it was actually coming in the front of the store as well," Erin Crossley, an employee at Garrett's gas station in Falmouth, told Boston 25 News. She said the business shut for a few hours but escaped damage. The station reported that leaves clogging storm drains worsened the flooding there.
Chase Gray, who lives in Falmouth, told Boston 25 News that some people he knows had water seep into their basements through low windows. "It has been cats and dogs, lots of lightning," he said.
The storm followed the driest stretch of 2026, according to The Boston Globe, which listed West Wareham as the wettest spot at 6.11 inches. New Bedford recorded 4.45 inches and Ashaway, R.I., 4.42. Officials closed many roads in New Bedford and Acushnet that evening, the Globe reported.
Some Bourne roads stayed shut into the next day, and Winslow Street in Provincetown washed out, Boston 25 News reported. NBC Boston said streets also flooded in Brockton and that the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency cautioned drivers against trying to cross flooded roads.
"Flash flooding everywhere. To drive, especially on the highway at night, is very slow," Ardian Ajxin, a truck driver heading north, told NBC Boston.
A flash flood warning covered Bristol and Plymouth counties that night, NBC Boston reported. The Globe said the front was forecast to crawl over the Gulf of Maine, with scattered showers thinning out.