Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 1998, 8:44 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 11 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
- Jun 30, 1998, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1998, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Capitol Planning Region, CT
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBOS 010045 FFWBOS CTC003-011200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 844 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT * UNTIL 800 AM EDT WEDNESDAY * AT 830 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS WERE MOVING THROUGH HARTFORD COUNTY. RAINFALL BY MIDNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER IN SOUTHINGTON WAS IN FLOOD AND CONTINUED TO RISE. IT WAS AT A STAGE OF 4 FEET AT 830 PM AND MAY RISE TO 5 FEET OVERNIGHT. WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL...FLOODING OF OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN HARTFORD COUNTY IS POSSIBLE INCLUDING THE NORTH AND SOUTH BRANCHES OF THE PARK RIVER WHICH TEND TO REACT QUICKLY TO HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS WARNING DOES REPLACE AND EXPAND THE WARNING ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. ANYONE LIVING ALONG RIVERS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER 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, Jun 30, 3:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK SPILLING
OVER ITS BANKS
1045 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK 5 FEET OUT
OF BANK.
1200 PM CUMBERLAND RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE SMALL STREAMS IN
FLOOD...ROADS WASHED OUT
AND MANHOLE COVERS BEING
LIFTED UP FROM TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND RUNOFF.
1210 PM MANSFIELD MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL ROADS
IMPASSABLE...UNDERPASSES
TO ROUTE 106 AND NORTH
MAIN STREETS IMPASSABLE
WITH WATER SEVERAL FEET
DEEP.
0100 PM FOSTER RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE PONAGANSET RIVER HAS RISEN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BASED ON
GAGE REPORT.
0115 PM ATTLEBORO MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL 10 MILE RIVER REPORTED OUT
OF ITS BANKS FLOODING A
NEARBY ROAD.
0200 PM LINCOLN RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE TRIBUTARIES TO THE
BLACKSTONE RIVER ARE IN
FLOOD AFFECTING NEARBY
HOMES.
0230 PM BROCKTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 PLYMOUTH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG
BELMONT AVENUE.
EVACUATION OF LOCAL
RESIDENTS IS BEING
CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.
0230 PM PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE LOUISQUISSET RIVER
REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS.Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK SPILLING
OVER ITS BANKS
1045 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK 5 FEET OUT
OF BANK.
1200 PM CUMBERLAND RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE SMALL STREAMS IN
FLOOD...ROADS WASHED OUT
AND MANHOLE COVERS BEING
LIFTED UP FROM TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND RUNOFF.
1210 PM MANSFIELD MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL ROADS
IMPASSABLE...UNDERPASSES
TO ROUTE 106 AND NORTH
MAIN STREETS IMPASSABLE
WITH WATER SEVERAL FEET
DEEP.
0100 PM FOSTER RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE PONAGANSET RIVER HAS RISEN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BASED ON
GAGE REPORT.
0115 PM ATTLEBORO MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL 10 MILE RIVER REPORTED OUT
OF ITS BANKS FLOODING A
NEARBY ROAD.
0200 PM LINCOLN RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE TRIBUTARIES TO THE
BLACKSTONE RIVER ARE IN
FLOOD AFFECTING NEARBY
HOMES.
0230 PM BROCKTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 PLYMOUTH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG
BELMONT AVENUE.
EVACUATION OF LOCAL
RESIDENTS IS BEING
CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.
0230 PM PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE LOUISQUISSET RIVER
REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS.Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011>012-ANZ230>237-250-255-010400- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 ...THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FURTHER FLOODING IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CONTINUES THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE AND PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT...POSING A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR...THE MOST LIKELY TIME OF IMPACT FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT IS BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM...FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM...AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. MARINERS AND RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION IN PLANNING EARLY TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ARE REQUESTED TO BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE FURTHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES AbND WARNINGS. JL
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011>012-ANZ230>237-250-255-010400- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 ...THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FURTHER FLOODING IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CONTINUES THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE AND PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT...POSING A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR...THE MOST LIKELY TIME OF IMPACT FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT IS BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM...FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM...AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. MARINERS AND RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION IN PLANNING EARLY TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ARE REQUESTED TO BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE FURTHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES AbND WARNINGS. JL
Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:35 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
835 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK SPILLING
OVER ITS BANKS
1045 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK 5 FEET OUT
OF BANK.
1200 PM CUMBERLAND RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE SMALL STREAMS IN
FLOOD...ROADS WASHED OUT
AND MANHOLE COVERS BEING
LIFTED UP FROM TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND RUNOFF.
1210 PM MANSFIELD MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL ROADS
IMPASSABLE...UNDERPASSES
TO ROUTE 106 AND NORTH
MAIN STREETS IMPASSABLE
WITH WATER SEVERAL FEET
DEEP.
0100 PM FOSTER RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE PONAGANSET RIVER HAS RISEN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BASED ON
GAGE REPORT.
0115 PM ATTLEBORO MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL 10 MILE RIVER REPORTED OUT
OF ITS BANKS FLOODING A
NEARBY ROAD.
0200 PM LINCOLN RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE TRIBUTARIES TO THE
BLACKSTONE RIVER ARE IN
FLOOD AFFECTING NEARBY
HOMES.
0230 PM BROCKTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 PLYMOUTH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG
BELMONT AVENUE.
EVACUATION OF LOCAL
RESIDENTS IS BEING
CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.
0230 PM PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE LOUISQUISSET RIVER
REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS.
0610 PM SOUTHINGTON CT FLOODING
06/30/98 HARTFORD QUINNIPIAC RIVER OVER ITS
BANKS IN SOUTHINGTON.
0810 PM NORTH PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER
SPILLING OVER ITS BANKS
FLOODING LOW LYING
SECTIONS FROM SMITHFIELD
INTO NORTH PROVIDENCE.Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:35 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
835 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK SPILLING
OVER ITS BANKS
1045 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK 5 FEET OUT
OF BANK.
1200 PM CUMBERLAND RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE SMALL STREAMS IN
FLOOD...ROADS WASHED OUT
AND MANHOLE COVERS BEING
LIFTED UP FROM TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND RUNOFF.
1210 PM MANSFIELD MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL ROADS
IMPASSABLE...UNDERPASSES
TO ROUTE 106 AND NORTH
MAIN STREETS IMPASSABLE
WITH WATER SEVERAL FEET
DEEP.
0100 PM FOSTER RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE PONAGANSET RIVER HAS RISEN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BASED ON
GAGE REPORT.
0115 PM ATTLEBORO MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL 10 MILE RIVER REPORTED OUT
OF ITS BANKS FLOODING A
NEARBY ROAD.
0200 PM LINCOLN RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE TRIBUTARIES TO THE
BLACKSTONE RIVER ARE IN
FLOOD AFFECTING NEARBY
HOMES.
0230 PM BROCKTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 PLYMOUTH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG
BELMONT AVENUE.
EVACUATION OF LOCAL
RESIDENTS IS BEING
CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.
0230 PM PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE LOUISQUISSET RIVER
REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS.
0610 PM SOUTHINGTON CT FLOODING
06/30/98 HARTFORD QUINNIPIAC RIVER OVER ITS
BANKS IN SOUTHINGTON.
0810 PM NORTH PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER
SPILLING OVER ITS BANKS
FLOODING LOW LYING
SECTIONS FROM SMITHFIELD
INTO NORTH PROVIDENCE.Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.