Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 1992, 7:32 PM EDT for Newport County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 73 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1992, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1992, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 73 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newport County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPVD 092334 FFWPVD RIC005-100045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 732 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PROVIDENCE HAS CONTINUED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST RHODE ISLAND ...NEWPORT COUNTY WIDEDSPREAD STREET FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF NEWPORT COUNTY WITH THE WORST FLOODING OVER NEWPORT...JAMESTOWN AND LITTLE COMPTON WHERE SOME ROAD WASHOUTS HAVE OCCURRED. THERE IS ALSO SOME BASEMENT FLOODING WITH ONE REPORT OF A FOOT AND A HALF OF WATER IN A BASEMENT IN NEWPORT. SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED IN THESE AREAS. NO TRAFFIC IS BEING ALLOWED IN NEWPORT FROM THE NEWPORT BRIDGE. THE RAIN HAS SUBSIDED BUT CONTINUES TO FALL AT 730 PM ACROSS NEWPORT COUNTY. THUS THE FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. CADIMA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 503 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE RHODE ISLAND COAST... AT 450 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS AFFECTING MUCH OF COASTAL RHODE ISLAND OVER WASHINGTON AND NEWPORT COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE DUMPED VERY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER NEWPORT COUNTY RESULTING IN STREET FLOODING. A WEATHER SPOTTER IN ADAMSVILLE REPORTED 2.1 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1 HOUR BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM. ANOTHER SPOTTER IN TIVERTON REPORTED 3 INCHES IN A 2 HOUR PERIOD BETWEEN 230 AND 430 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT WASHINGTON AND NEWPORT COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ACROSS THE RHODE ISLAND COAST EARLY THIS EVENING... USE EXTRA CAUTION AND TIME DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODED ROADS. CADIMA
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
CTZALL-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 525 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT HAS EXPIRED... AT 525 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW LONDON COUNTY. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS HAVE CAUSED SOME POOR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THE NEW LONDON AND GROTON AREA AND ON UP INTO NORWICH. THE MOVEMENT OF PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN EAST AT 15 MILE AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS LITCHFIELD COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADS. SEKELSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
CTZALL-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 525 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT HAS EXPIRED... AT 525 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW LONDON COUNTY. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS HAVE CAUSED SOME POOR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THE NEW LONDON AND GROTON AREA AND ON UP INTO NORWICH. THE MOVEMENT OF PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN EAST AT 15 MILE AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS LITCHFIELD COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD AC6ROSS NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADS. SEKELSKY ...CORRECTED FOR HEADER...
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:32 PM EDT, 2 hours before
CTZALL-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 525 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT HAS EXPIRED... AT 525 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW LONDON COUNTY. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS HAVE CAUSED SOME POOR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THE NEW LONDON AND GROTON AREA AND ON UP INTO NORWICH. THE MOVEMENT OF PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN EAST AT 15 MILE AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS LITCHFIELD COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHBWEST CONNECTICUT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADS. SEKELSKY ...CORRECTED FOR HEADER...
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:54 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
CTZ001-002-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 650 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT... AT 645 PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST LITCHFIELD COUNTY NEAR SALISBURY AND CANAAN. THE POWERFUL THUNDERSTORM WAS TRACKING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AND HOUR AND WILL REACH THE WINSTED/TORRINGTON AREA BY 720 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY OF MASSACHUSETTS...ACROSS NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT TO JUST NORTH OF POUGHKEEPSIE IN EASTERN NEW YORK STATE. THIS LINE WAS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA TAKE SHELTER INDOORS
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 7:27 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
MAZ004-100030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 726 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... AT 7.20 PM RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE QUABBIN RESERVOIR. THE STORM WAS ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARDWICK IN WESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. IT WAS MOVINGx TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMOT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. KEHIR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Newport | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Washington | 2 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.