Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 1, 1993, 12:24 PM EST for Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 1993, 12:24 PM EST (17:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 1993, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 7 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 12:00Z, 5.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 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 011730 COR FFWPVD RIC003-007-020030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 1224 PM EST THU APR 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PROVIDENCE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND ...KENT COUNTY IN NORTH RHODE ISLAND ...PROVIDENCE COUNTY AT 1215 PM...CRANSTON POLICE REPORTED THAT THE PAWTUXET RIVER HAS BEGUN TO FLOOD IN THE CRANSTON AREA. FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE REAR OF GARDEN CITY...THE WOODBURY DRIVE AREA...AND IN THE BROAD STREET SECTION. WEATHER RADAR INDICATES MORE RAIN WILL AFFECT THE KENT AND PROVIDENCE COUNTY AREA BY 2 PM. THIS WILL CAUSE THE PAWTUXET TO FLOOD BACK UPSTREAM INTO WARWICK AND WEST WARWICK. ALSO...THE POCASETT RIVER MAY BEGIN TO BACK UP AND FLOOD DUE TO THE HIGH LEVELS ON THE PAWTUXET. OTHER SMALLER STREAM FLOWING INTO THESE RIVERS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO FLOOD AS WELL. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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, 6:34 AM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
MAZ001-002-004>008-011400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 635 AM EST THU APR 1 1993 ...SNOW WAS MAKING TRAVEL SLIPPERY IN PARTS OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS EARLY THIS MORNING... ALREADY 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN NORTH ADAMS IN THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES WITH THE TEMPERATURE 32 AT 615 AM. ROADS WERE SLIPPERY. SPEED LIMITS HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY REDUCED TO 40 MPH ON THE WESTERN SEGMENT OF THE MASS PIKE. PRECIPITATION WAS TRYING TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT WHILE IT WAS MAINLY RAIN IN THE NORTHWEST HILLS OF CONNECTICUT. SO...EVEN THOUGH ITS APRIL FIRST...DONT BE FOOLED. A NASTY MIX OF WINTRY ELEMENTS IS ON THE MENU FOR MUCH OF THE BAY STATE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS CONTINUED FOR NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS... ESSENTIALLY FROM HAVERHILL AND NEWBURYPORT THROUGH THE MERRIMACK VALLEY...WORCESTER AND FITCHBURG AND THEN NORTHWEST ALONG ROUTE 2 TO FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR CHARLEMONT. ONE TO 3 INCHES OF SLUSHY SNOW WILL FALL THERE THIS MORNING WITH A CHANCE OF 4 OR 5 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES THROUGH NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY. POCKETS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION COVERED LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT AND EXTENDED BACK INTO NEW JERSEY AND WAS HEADING THIS WAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO RAIN IN MASSACHUSETTS SOMETIME DURING MIDDAY OR THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH IT MAY NOT COMPLETELY TURN TO RAIN IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE BAY STATE UNTIL 3 OR 4 PM. BE ALERT FOR SLIPPERY RAODS IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS MORNING AND IF YOU ARE HEADING NORTH INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE...BE AWARE THAT AT LEAST 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THERE TODAY. DRAG
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 7:19 AM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
MAZ001-002-004>008-011400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 718 AM EST THU APR 1 1993 ...SNOW WAS MAKING TRAVEL SLIPPERY IN PARTS OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS EARLY THIS MORNING... SO FAR THE BERKSHIRES HAVE HAD THE WORST OF THE SNOW IN MASSACHUSETTS. AMOUNTS AT 645 AM RANGED FROM A COATING OF SNOW AND SLEET NEAR GREAT BARRINGTON IN SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY WITH UP TO 5 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY. SOME SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE BERKSHIRES AS OF 645 AM WERE AS FOLLOW...SAVOY ON ROUTE 9...5 INCHES...PERU 4 INCHES...HINSDALE AND CHESHIRE 2 INCHES. ROADS WERE SLIPPERY WITH SPEED LIMITS TEMPORARILY REDUCED TO 40 MPH ON THE WESTERN SEGMENT OF THE MASS PIKE. PRECIPITATION JUST SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE THROUGH CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND WAS GENERALLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA HEADING FOR CONNECTICUT. A NASTY MIX OF WINTRY ELEMENTS IS ON THE MENU FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS MORNING WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS CONTINUED ESSENTIALLY FROM HAVERHILL AND NEWBURYPORT THROUGH THE MERRIMACK VALLEY...WORCESTER AND FITCHBURG AND THEN NORTHWEST ALONG ROUTE 2 TO FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR CHARLEMONT. ONE TO 3 INCHES OF SLUSHY SNOW WILL FALL THIS MORNING WITH A CHANCE OF 4 OR 5 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES THROUGH NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY. PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO RAIN IN MASSACHUSETTS SOMETIME DURING MIDDAY OR THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH IT MAY NOT COMPLETELY TURN TO RAIN IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE BAY STATE UNTIL 3 OR 4 PM. BE ALERT FOR SLIPPERY ROADS IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS MORNING AND IF YOU ARE HEADING NORTH INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE...BE AWARE THAT AT LEAST 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THERE TODAY. DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 5:17 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Washington | 3 hr |
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.