Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
147 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND...

AT 145 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY
TORRENTIAL RAINS FROM WESTERLY TO LITTLE COMPTON.  THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST NEAR 35 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTH COASTAL
RHODE ISLAND THROUGH 230 PM.

A WEATHER SPOTTER RIDING FROM WESTERLY TO WAKEFIELD EXPERIENCED
TORREINTIAL RAIN...AND REPORTED THAT PARTS OF ROUTE 1 WERE FLOODED.
EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR..RESULTING IN FURTHER STREET FLOODING.

IN ADDITION...MARINERS OVER THE LOWER BAY SHOULD SEEK A SAFE PORT
IMMEDIATELY.  LOCALLY STRONG SQUALLY WINDS COULD ACCOMPANY THESE
STORMS.
.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS RHODE ISLAND...MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
WAS FALLING.  THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT.  RAIN MAY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY 215 PM OVER
PARTS OF EXTREME WESTERN RHODE ISLAND.

VALLEE

CTZALL-092100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
155 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 145 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ACOSS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE.  THE STRONGEST CELL WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES
SOUTH OF ALBANY NEAR CATSKILL.  THE MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

IN ADDITION NUMEROUS SHOWERS ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT.  LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS FALLING IN THE
GROTON AND NEW LONDON AREA AS WELL AS UP INTO NORWICH.  THIS AREA OF
PRECIPITATION WAS ALSO MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE
LOCATIONS.

IF YOU LIVE IN OR AROUND THE WATCH LOCATION...STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES
ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...
TAKE COVER QUICKLY.

SEKELSKY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
220 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND...

AT 210 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY
TORRENTIAL RAINS FROM SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO LITTLE COMPTON.  THEY WERE
MOVING EAST NEAR 35 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST COASTAL
RHODE ISLAND THROUGH 3 PM.

THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STREET FLOODING...AS REPORTED BY
WEATHER SPOTTERS FROM WESTERLY TO NEWPORT.

MARINERS OVER THE LOWER BAY AND THE SOUTH SHORE SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT
UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS RHODE ISLAND...MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS
FALLING.  THE BACK EDGE OF DTHE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY
ACROSS EASTERN CONNECTICUT.  THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE OVER
NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND BY 230 PM...AND MAY END ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST
RHODE ISLAND BY 3 PM.

VALLEE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
252 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST RHODE ISLAND...

AT 245 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY
TORRENTIAL RAINS AFFECTING SOUTHEAST RHODE ISLAND FROM NEWPORT TO
LITTLE COMPTON.  THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO DUMP RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1 INCH IN 45 MINUTES AS REPORTED BY A WEATHER SPOTTER IN ADAMSVILLE.

THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STREET FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL
RAINS AS THEY HEAD EASTWARD INTO NEIGHBORING MASSACHUSETTS BY 330 PM.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS RHODE ISLAND...RAIN HAD LIGHTENED UP CONSIDERABLY
OVER NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AND WAS ABOUT TO END IN THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE STATE.  DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN AREA...
IT APPEARS THAT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND WILL CONTINUE
TO EXPERIENCE RAIN THROUGH 4 PM.
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ANYONE TRAVELING THROUGH NEWPORT COUNTY SHOULD PLAN ON SLOW TRAVEL
AND LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING UNTIL THE HEAVY RAINS SUBSIDE.

VALLEE

MAZ009-002-092100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
320 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992

...HEAVY RAINSHOWERS ARE CROSSING SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH COASTAL
   MASSACHUSETTS...

AT 3 PM RADAR SHOWED A MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINSHOWER OVER BRISTOL
COUNTY JUST EAST OF BUZZARDS BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
BY 4 PM...THIS SHOWER WILL LIKELY MOVE JUST SOUTH OF MIDDLEBORO...
THEN CONTINUE ACROSS PLYMOUTH COUNTY.

AN OBSERVER IN TAUNTON REPORTED ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN
IN AN HOUR EARLIER TODAY...THUS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...AND ADAPT ACCORDINGLY.  WHILE LIGHTNING
DETECTION EQUIPMENT HAS SHOWN LITTLE LIGHTNING...IT WOULD BE BEST TO
STAY INSIDE UNTIL THE SHOWERS PASS.

ANYONE OUT ON BUZZARDS BAY SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AND CHOPPY WATER
THE NEXT HOUR AS WELL.

RW

CTZALL-092300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
330 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 330 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL LINES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE AND NORTHERN
NEW JERSEY.  A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY OF NEW JERSEY.  ANOTHER
THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS IN ULSTER COUNTY NEW YORK NEAR
KINGSTON.

THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...WHILE THE LINES
WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT WERE
MOVING EAST AND WILL BE EXITING CONNECTICUT BY 415 PM.
ALSO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM EAST
HAVEN CONNECTICUT SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL LONG ISLAND AND WERE SHOWING A
MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST.

IF YOU LIVE IN OR AROUND THE WATCH AREA...STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES
ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...
TAKE
COVER QUICKLY.

SEKELSKY