CAPE COD – A line of thunderstorms moved across Cape Cod Friday morning into the early afternoon. Area firefighters were kept busy responding to several reported lightning strikes rattling nerves. Luckily no significant damage was reported. Heavy rains caused some flooding in some areas with at least one car reported stalled out in Falmouth.
Garrett’s on Palmer Ave.
Falmouth Police/CWN
From Falmouth Police: There are reports of multiple flooded roads throughout town, if you encounter flooding please do not drive through it. As of right now we are aware that the area in front of Bank Of America, near Falmouth Lumber, Falmouth Heights Rd, Grand Ave and Menauhant Rd are all flooded. Please avoid those areas.
Eversource is working a few scattered power outages.
12:30 PM update: Harwich Police report Orleans Road/Route 39 is closed between Freshwater and Bucks Pond due to a broken utility pole.
Photos by David Curran/Satellite News Service/CWN
2:00 PM update: From NWS-Flood Warning
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
153 PM EST Fri Nov 6 2026
…FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON…
* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE…Southwestern Barnstable County in southeastern Massachusetts…
* WHEN…Until 400 PM EST.
* IMPACTS…Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 153 PM EST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen.
– Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area.
– Some locations that will experience flooding include…Barnstable, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Sandwich, Bourne, Mashpee and Hyannis.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Provincetown Police/CWN
3:00 PM update: Over 1,100 Eversource customers without power in Truro. Earlier, local firefighters responded to reports of explosions at a power substation on Shore Road.
5:00 PM update: Provincetown Police report that Winslow Street is washed out. Barriers in place, resident access only.
Please seek alternate routes.
Bourne Police/CWN
Bourne Police report that Eldridge St will be closed to through traffic from Colony Ave to Clay Pond Rd due to washout from the heavy rains. It is expected that the area will reopen tomorrow 11/7.
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