The following events were reported: Flash Flood, Flood, Hail, Lightning. These occurred near station USW00014739, approximately 22.4275 km away, between 2013-09-01 08:07:00 and 2013-09-01 12:30:00. The events included records with hailstones measuring 0.75 inches. The flood was caused by Heavy Rain. Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities were reported. The events caused property damage valued at 140000.0 and crop damage of 0.0. Episode Narrative: An upper level disturbance moved over southern New England bringing showers and thunderstorms to the region. Precipitable water values over two inches indicated a very moist atmosphere; in addition, weak winds at the mid levels resulted in very slow moving storms. Both of these things led to torrential rainfall and flash flooding. Convergence at the surface and a significantly unstable environment resulted in a shower producing a waterspout over the Quabbin Reservoir in New Salem, Massachusetts. A Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) employee at the reservoir was able to snap several photos of the waterspout and reported that it never moved onto land. An upper level disturbance moved over southern New England bringing showers and thunderstorms to the region. Event Narrative: Route 9 was flooded in both directions at Route 126, making Route 9 impassable. Speen Street at Cochituate Road was also flooded with a car stuck in the flood waters there. A complex of showers and thunderstorms developed over the Wellesley/Needham area. These storms moved very slowly, if at all, producing three to four inches of rain over the region in 1 to 2 hours time. This resulted in widespread flash flooding across both cities. Several streets, including a few major highways were closed due to flooding including:  Washington Street, Route 9, Route 16, Route 128 at exit 19, Great Plain Avenue, and Weston Road. Many cars were stuck in flood waters on these roads and across intersections. Numerous basements also were flooded in this region. Heavy rain fell flooding a portion of Spring Street in front of the Shaw's supermarket in West Roxbury. A car got stuck in these flood waters. Two feet of water flooded Route 28 in front of the fire station. The road was closed for approximately an hour while the water receded. Heavy rain fell across the metro west region, flooding Nahatan Street at the railroad bridge with several feet of water. A car was stuck in the flood waters. Lightning struck the bell tower at Bethany Congregational Church in Quincy, damaging one of the pinnacles and sending stone debris to the ground and through the ceiling of the church. Another round of heavy rain, resulted in renewed flooding across Wellesley and Natick. Natick flooding reports will be in another entry for Middlesex County. In Wellesley, many roads were flooded, including: Wellesley Avenue, Brook, Washington, Cottage and Worcester Streets, and Ingraham, Dover, and Amherst Roads. Another round of heavy rain resulted in renewed flooding across Wellesley and Natick. Information on flooding in Wellesley can be found in a similar report for Norfolk County. In Natick, a car became stuck in flood waters on South Main Street. Flooding occurred under the Willow Bridge. Route 9 near the Natick Police Department, Pearl Street, and Plain Streets were all flooded and impassable.