Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 24, 1998Bristol County, Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Feb 24, 1998, 12:05 PM EST for Bristol County, Kent County, Providence 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
Feb 24, 1998, 12:05 PM EST (17:05 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 1998, 6:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI

The nearest sounding before it

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 1998-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 1998-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 485 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
485 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
606 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBOS 241703
FFWBOS
RIC003-001-007-242300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1205 PM EST TUE FEB 24 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 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
 
STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED THAT RAIN IN EXCESS OF 2.00 INCHES
HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL ONTO THE ALREADY SATURATED SOIL THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS TO
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.
 
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 WATELR SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
THOMPSON/YOUNG

Nearby

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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.