Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 1, 1993, 5:17 PM EST for Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 1993, 5:17 PM EST (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 1993, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 012217 FFWPVD RIC009-020115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 517 PM EST THU APR 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PROVIDENCE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH RHODE ISLAND ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 515 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY BY 545 PM. RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON COUNTY WERE AROUND BANK FULL. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO BEGIN QUICKLY. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE PAWCATUCK AND WOOD RIVERS AND ANY OF THEIR SMALLER STREAMS SHOULD BE READY TO HEAD TO HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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 ESC)APE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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, 3 hours 47 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, 3 hours 46 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 12:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 7 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.