Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2007, 8:11 PM EDT for Kent County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 2007, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2007, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kent County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 8:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Coventry, RI | WATER UP TO CAR DOORS. CARS STUCK ALONG ROUTE 3 AND ARNOLD ROAD. |
| Jul 30, 8:38 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Coventry, RI | CARS STUCK IN THE WATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KBOX 310011
FFWBOX
RIC003-310215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
811 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 808 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
WARWICK AND EAST GREENWICH
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4172 7163 4173 7145 4167 7144 4161 7150
4161 7160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 180DEG 0KT 4158 7149
$$
STRAUSS1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS71 KBOX 310056
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
852 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2007
RIC003-310215-
KENT RI-
852 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL KENT COUNTY...
AT 849 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A RECENT
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST WARWICK
AND EAST GREENWICH AS WELL AS COVENTRY.
LATEST SPOTTER REPORTS WITHIN THE PAST 45 MINUTES INDICATE FLOODING
ALONG ROUTE 3 AND ARNOLD ROAD IN COVENTRY WITH CARS STUCK AND WATER
UP TO CAR DOORS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
LAT...LON 4172 7163 4173 7145 4167 7144 4161 7150
4161 7160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 180DEG 0KT 4158 7149
$$
STRAUSSNearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.