At 12:33 a.m. on Friday, the National Weather Service released a coastal flood statement valid between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Barnstable counties.

The weather service describes, "Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways (3.5 to 12.7 feet Mean Lower Low Water)."

"Roads remain passable. Shallow pockets of flooding less than one foot deep affect more vulnerable coastal roads along the North Shore from Salem and Gloucester to Newburyport. Some splashover onto coastal roads around the time of high tide," explains the weather service. "Do not drive through flooded roadways."

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