Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 10, 1996, 9:33 AM EST for Bristol County, Rhode Island; Bristol County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 1996, 9:33 AM EST (14:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 1996, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bristol County, MA, Bristol County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jan 10, 6:25 AM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011-012-110900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECT DATE IN HEADER.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 625 AM EST WED JAN 10 1996 ...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR SNOW ARE POSTED FROM PARTS OF COASTAL EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS WESTWARD ALONG ROUTE 2 THROUGH THE NORTH TWO THIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS ONTO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES... STEADY SNOW IS FORECAST MOST OF THE DAY IN NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH NEW SNOWFALL BY THIS EVENING IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. HOWEVER...TOTALS MAY REACH 7 INCHES IN ESSEX COUNTY OF BOSTONS NORTH SHORE REGION WHERE THE OCEAN CONTRIBUTES A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE TO THIS FLUFFY ADDITION. ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE...CAPE AND ISLANDS WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CONTINUED THOUGH LESS CONFIDENTLY. ADDITIONAL BURSTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST ...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY TONIGHT WHEN A BATCH OF FAIRLY HEAVY SNOW WASHES SOUTHWARD ALONG AND INTO THE SOUTH SHORE AND PARTS OF THE CAPE. AMOUNTS THERE MAY REACH 6 INCHES. ELSEWHERE IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND IN RHODE ISLAND...SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD DURING MIDDAY WITH ANOTHER INCH OR 2 LIKELY. LAST NIGHT...ACCUMULATIONS WERE GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND IN FAR SOUTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. SO...WHILE ITS NOT A REAL BIG STORM TODAY...NUISANCE SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL HEADACHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST UP TO THE MERRIMACK VALLEY. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 6:25 AM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011-012-110900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 625 AM EST TUE JAN 9 1996 ...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR SNOW ARE POSTED FROM PARTS OF COASTAL EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS WESTWARD ALONG ROUTE 2 THROUGH THE NORTH TWO THIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS ONTO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES... STEADY SNOW IS FORECAST MOST OF THE DAY IN NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH NEW SNOWFALL BY THIS EVENING IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. HOWEVER...TOTALS MAY REACH 7 INCHES IN ESSEX COUNTY OF BOSTONS NORTH SHORE REGION WHERE THE OCEAN CONTRIBUTES A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE TO THIS FLUFFY ADDITION. ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE...CAPE AND ISLANDS WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CONTINUED THOUGH LESS CONFIDENTLY. ADDITIONAL BURSTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST ...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY TONIGHT WHEN A BATCH OF FAIRLY HEAVY SNOW WASHES SOUTHWARD ALONG AND INTO THE SOUTH SHORE AND PARTS OF THE CAPE. AMOUNTS THERE MAY REACH 6 INCHES. ELSEWHERE IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND IN RHODE ISLAND...SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD DURING MIDDAY WITH ANOTHER INCH OR 2 LIKELY. LAST NIGHT...ACCUMULATIONS WERE GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND IN FAR SOUTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. SO...WHILE ITS NOT A REAL BIG STORM TODAY...NUISANCE SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL HEADACHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EASTERN MA*SSACHUSETTS COAST UP TO THE MERRIMACK VALLEY. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 6:30 AM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011-012-110900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECT DATE IN HEADER.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 625 AM EST WED JAN 10 1996 ...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR SNOW ARE POSTED FROM PARTS OF COASTAL EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS WESTWARD ALONG ROUTE 2 THROUGH THE NORTH TWO THIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS ONTO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES... STEADY SNOW IS FORECAST MOST OF THE DAY IN NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH NEW SNOWFALL BY THIS EVENING IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. HOWEVER...TOTALS MAY REACH 7 INCHES IN ESSEX COUNTY OF BOSTONS NORTH SHORE REGION WHERE THE OCEAN CONTRIBUTES A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE TO THIS FLUFFY ADDITION. ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE...CAPE AND ISLANDS WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CONTINUED THOUGH LESS CONFIDENTLY. ADDITIONAL BURSTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST ...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY TONIGHT WHEN A BATCH OF FAIRLY HEAVY SNOW WASHES SOUTHWARD ALONG AND INTO THE SOUTH SHORE AND PARTS OF THE CAPE. AMOUNTS THERE MAY REACH 6 INCHES. ELSEWHERE IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND IN RHODE ISLAND...SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD DURING MIDDAY WITH ANOTHER INCH OR 2 LIKELY. LAST NIGHT...ACCUMULATIONS WERE GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND IN FAR SOUTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. SO...WHILE ITS NOT A REAL BIG STORM TODAY...NUISANCE SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL HEADACHES...ESPEVCIALLY ALONG THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST UP TO THE MERRIMACK VALLEY. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 8:30 AM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011-012-110900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 830 AM EST WED JAN 10 1996 ...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR SNOW ARE POSTED FROM COASTAL EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS WEST ALONG ROUTE 2 AND THE MASS TURNPIKE THROUGH THE NORTH TWO THIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS ONTO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND NORTH INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE... AT 8 AM...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WAS EXPANDED INTO MIDDLESEX COUNTY OF BOSTONS NORTHWEST SUBURBS AND ALSO INTO THE SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES OF CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH. SNOW IS FORECAST MOST OF THE DAY IN NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. HOWEVER...SINCE 3 OR 4 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... AMOUNTS MAY DOUBLE BY SUNSET. TOTALS BY THE EVENING RUSH HOUR SHOULD APPROACH 8 INCHES FROM NEAR JAFFREY AND NASHUA TO LOWELL... LAWRENCE...NEWBURYPORT AND GLOUCESTER. AN ADDED 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT WHICH WOULD GIVE A FEW SPOTS STORM TOTALS OF 10 INCHES. THE IMMEDIATE BOSTON AND SOUTH SHORE HAD AN INCH OR 2 OVERNIGHT BUT SNOW WAS EXPANDING THIS MORNING AND NEARLY 6 INCHES MAY ACCUMULATE BY NIGHTFALL. ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CONTINUED THOUGH LESS CONFIDENTLY. ADDITIONAL BURSTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY TONIGHT WHEN A BATCH OF FAIRLY HEAVY SNOW MOVES SOUTH FROM BOSTONS COASTAL WATERS ONTO PARTS OF THE CAPE. AMOUNTS THERE MAY REACH 6 INCHES AS WELL. ELSEWHERE IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND IN RHODE ISLAND...SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD DURING MIDDAY WITH ANOTHER INCH OR 2 LIKELY. SO...WHILE TODAYS STORM WILL BE LESS THAN THAT OF A COUPLE DAYS AGO...SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST UP TO THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 8:31 AM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011-012-110900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 830 AM EST WED JAN 10 1996 ...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR SNOW ARE POSTED FROM COASTAL EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS WEST ALONG ROUTE 2 AND THE MASS TURNPIKE THROUGH THE NORTH TWO THIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS ONTO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND NORTH INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE... AT 8 AM...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WAS EXPANDED INTO MIDDLESEX COUNTY OF BOSTONS NORTHWEST SUBURBS AND ALSO INTO THE SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES OF CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH. SNOW IS FORECAST MOST OF THE DAY IN NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. HOWEVER...SINCE 3 OR 4 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... AMOUNTS MAY DOUBLE BY SUNSET. TOTALS BY THE EVENING RUSH HOUR SHOULD APPROACH 8 INCHES FROM NEAR JAFFREY AND NASHUA TO LOWELL... LAWRENCE...NEWBURYPORT AND GLOUCESTER. AN ADDED 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT WHICH WOULD GIVE A FEW SPOTS STORM TOTALS OF 10 INCHES. THE IMMEDIATE BOSTON AND SOUTH SHORE HAD AN INCH OR 2 OVERNIGHT BUT SNOW WAS EXPANDING THIS MORNING AND NEARLY 6 INCHES MAY ACCUMULATE BY NIGHTFALL. ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CONTINUED THOUGH LESS CONFIDENTLY. ADDITIONAL BURSTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY TONIGHT WHEN A BATCH OF FAIRLY HEAVY SNOW MOVES SOUTH FROM BOSTONS COASTAL WATERS ONTO PARTS OF THE CAPE. AMOUNTS THERE MAY REACH 6 INCHES AS WELL. ELSEWHERE IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND IN RHODE ISLAND...SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD DURING MIDDAY WITH ANOTHER INCH OR 2 LIKELY. SO...WHILE TODAYS STORM WILL BE LESS THAN THAT OF A COUPLE DAYS AGO...SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST UP TO THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. DRAG
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 1996Flash Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.