Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 1998, 5:19 PM EST for Newport County, Rhode Island. 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
- Mar 9, 1998, 5:19 PM EST (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1998, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newport County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 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 KBOS 092219 FFWBOS RIC003-001-007-005-009-100415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 519 PM EST MON MAR 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND ...KENT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND ...BRISTOL COUNTY IN NORTH RHODE ISLAND ...PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH RHODE ISLAND ...NEWPORT COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 515 PM...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM RHODE ISLAND SOUTHWEST ALL THE WAY TO THE NEW JEREY SHORELINE. IT APPEARS THAT RHODE ISLAND WILL BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH 9 PWITH AS MUCH AS ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE. RAINFALL THUS FAR HAS AVERAGED 1.5 TO 2 INCHES STATEWIDE WITH RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS ALREADY RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. THE ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL MOST CERTAINLY CAUSE SOME STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS TONIGHT. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWA^Y. 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
Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:43 PM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
1243 PM EST MON MAR 09 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 AM ELLINGTON CT FLOODING
03/09/98 TOLLAND BROAD BROOK REPORTED OVER
ITS BANKS.
1000 AM SOMERS CT FLOODING
03/09/98 TOLLAND THE SCANTIC RIVER HAD
RISEN OUT OF BANKS.
1100 AM MANSFIELD CENTER CT FLOODING
03/09/98 TOLLAND SMALL STREAMS IN MANSFIELD
CENTER WERE OUT OF BANKS
FLOODING SOME HOMES.
1100 AM SOUTHINGTON CT FLOODING
03/09/98 HARTFORD MINOR FLOODING REPORTED
ALONG THE QUINNIPIAC
RIVER.
1212 PM MONSON MA FLOODING
03/09/98 HAMPDEN THE 12 MILE RIVER WAS
RISING OUT OF BANK
FLOODING A ROADWAY.Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:43 PM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
1243 PM EST MON MAR 09 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 AM ELLINGTON CT FLOODING
03/09/98 TOLLAND BROAD BROOK REPORTED OVER
ITS BANKS.
1000 AM SOMERS CT FLOODING
03/09/98 TOLLAND THE SCANTIC RIVER HAD
RISEN OUT OF BANKS.
1100 AM MANSFIELD CENTER CT FLOODING
03/09/98 TOLLAND SMALL STREAMS IN MANSFIELD
CENTER WERE OUT OF BANKS
FLOODING SOME HOMES.
1100 AM SOUTHINGTON CT FLOODING
03/09/98 HARTFORD MINOR FLOODING REPORTED
ALONG THE QUINNIPIAC
RIVER.
1212 PM MONSON MA FLOODING
03/09/98 HAMPDEN THE 12 MILE RIVER WAS
RISING OUT OF BANK
FLOODING A ROADWAY.Local storm report, Mar 9, 2:14 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
214 PM EST MON MAR 09 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM WOODSTOCK VLY CT FLOODING
03/09/98 WINDHAM DOT REPORTS A PORTION OF
RT 171 CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING OF BUNGEE BROOK.
1252 PM SOUTHBRIDGE MA FLOODING
03/09/98 WORCESTER FLOODING REPORTED ALONG
ROADSIDE WITH SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF DEBRIS ON ROAD.
0120 PM WEST HARTFORD CT FLOODING
03/09/98 HARTFORD SMALL STREAM FLOODING
REPORTED.
0125 PM NEWINGTON CT FLOODING
03/09/98 HARTFORD SEVERAL SMALL
STREAMS/CREEKS WERE OUT OF
THEIR BANKS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 5:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Providence | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Washington | 6 hr |
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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.