Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 1, 1993, 7:29 PM EST for Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 1993, 7:29 PM EST (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 1993, 4:18 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -364 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 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 020033 FFWPVD RIC003-007-021130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 729 PM EST THU APR 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PROVIDENCE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND ...KENT COUNTY IN NORTH RHODE ISLAND ...PROVIDENCE COUNTY REPORTS FROM POLICE AND CIVIL DEFENSE INDICATE THAT FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SECTIONS OF THE PAWTUXET RIVER AND THE SMALLER STREAMS THAT FEED INTO IT. THE SCITUATE RESEVOIR IS OVER ITS CAPACITY AND WILL CONTINUE TSPILL WATER INTO THE RIVER. THIS SHOULD...AT THE LEAST...MAINTAIN FLOOD LEVELS WHERE THEY ARE. THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED. ALSO...THIS IS A CHANCE THAT ANOTHER PERIOD RAIN COULD AFFECT THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. THIS COULD CAUSE MORE FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE T8OO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. VALLEE
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, Apr 1, 1:30 PM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
MAZ003-009-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 130 PM EST THU APR 01 1993 ...POTENTIALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD...AND THE BUZZARDS BAY AREA... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS THE BUZZARDS BAY AREA AT 125 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE BUZZARDS BAY COASTLINE AND UPPER CAPE AREA BETWEEN 130 AND 230 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD...AND IN THE VINEYARD SOUND AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 35 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE NEW BEDFORD...WAREHAM...FALMOUTH...BOURNE...AND HYANNIS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD...AND SEEK PROTECTION IN A SAFE PLACE IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HIGH WINDS IN YOUR AREA. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 1:31 PM EST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
MAZ003-009-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 130 PM EST THU APR 01 1993 ...POTENTIALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD...AND THE BUZZARDS BAY AREA... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS THE BUZZARDS BAY AREA AT 125 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE BUZZARDS BAY COASTLINE AND UPPER CAPE AREA BETWEEN 130 AND 230 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD...AND IN THE VINEYARD SOUND AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 35 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES MOST LIKELY TO BEP AFFECTED INCLUDE NEW BEDFORD...WAREHAM...FALMOUTH...BOURNE...AND HYANNIS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD...AND SEEK PROTECTION IN A SAFE PLACE IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HIGH WINDS IN YOUR AREA. THOMPSON
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.