Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 1998, 10:04 AM EDT for Bristol County, Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 10 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
- Jul 1, 1998, 10:04 AM EDT (14:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1998, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bristol County, MA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 011405 FFWBOS MAC005-RIC003-007-012355- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1004 AM EDT WED JUL 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... BRISTOL MA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 950 AM EDT...REPORTS FROM SCITUATE INDICATE THAT THE PAWTUXET RIVER WAS BANKFULL AND BASEMENT FLOODING WAS BEGINNING. ALSO...GAGE INFORMATION FROM NORTON ALONG THE WADING RIVER SHOWED THIS RIVER CONTINUING TO RISE SLOWLY. IT WAS AT A STAGE OF 10.5 FEET OR ONE FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. * FOR THE PAWTUXET RIVER...BASED ON THE HIGH ELEVATION AND RELATED FLOW FROM THE SCITUATE RESERVOIR AS WELL AS THE RIVER/S RESPONSE TO YESTERDAY/S RAINFALL...MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE RIVER IS LIKELY FROM SCITUATE DOWNSTREAM THROUGH WEST WARWICK...WARWICK AND CRANSTON. FLOODING WILL ALSO CONTINUE TODAY ALONG THE WADING RIVER AS THIS STREAM CRESTS THIS AFTERNOON. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS ALONG THESE TWO RIVERS...REGARDLESS OF ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DURING THE DAY. BOTH RIVERS WILL CREST 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE THEIR FLOOD ELEVATIONS WITH LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER EXPERIENCING FLOODING. THOSE PEOPLE THAT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE FLOODING ALONG THESE RIVERS SHOULD TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT VALUABLES. BASEMENT FLOODING WILL BE COMMON DUE TO THE HIGH RIVER ELEVATION AND HIGH WATER TABLE. IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO TAKE VALUABLES TO A HIGHER LEVEL IN YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS UNTIL THE RIVERS RECEDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS CONTINUING FLOOD EVENT. VALLEE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol | 11 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 10:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 12 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 33 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 1998Flash Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 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.