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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2008, 2:26 PM EDT for Kent County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 94 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2008, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kent County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 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
- 228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KBOX 241826 FFWBOX RIC003-009-242000- /O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0003.080624T1826Z-080624T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 226 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST 330 PM. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST WARWICK...WEST GREENWICH AND EAST GREENWICH 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 4167 7169 4172 7145 4156 7145 4154 7166 TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 180DEG 0KT 4163 7165 $$ MEKSTER
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KBOX 242001 FFSBOX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 401 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 RIC003-009-242011- /O.EXP.KBOX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080624T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHINGTON RI-KENT RI- 401 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EASTERN KENT AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND RAIN HAS STOPPED. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED. LAT...LON 4167 7169 4172 7145 4156 7145 4154 7166 TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 180DEG 0KT 4163 7165 $$ RLG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 13 min |
| Jun 24, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 67 min |
| Jun 24, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Newport | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 1:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent, Newport, Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 2:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 95 min |
| Jun 24, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Newport | 22 min |
| Jun 24, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence, Washington | 21 min |
| Jun 24, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Washington | 31 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.