Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flood Watches in 2009
Flood Watch 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at Aug 28, 2009, 4:29 PM EDT for 11 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Aug 28, 2009, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2009, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 28, 2009, 10:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2009, 6:11 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS61 KBOX 282029 FFABOX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 429 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND DURING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... CTZ002>004-MAZ011-290430- /O.NEW.KBOX.FA.A.0004.090829T0200Z-090829T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...SPRINGFIELD 429 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA. * FROM 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * PERIODS OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...AS MOISTURE WELL AHEAD OF DANNY POOLS ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SLOWLY MOVING FRONT. PERIODS OF HEAVIER RAIN ARE ANTICIPATED LATER THIS EVENING THAT COULD BRING FLASH FLOODING TO THE AREA AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINS...HEAVY AT TIMES...MORE DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH DANNY ARE EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING A CONTINUED THREAT FOR SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. EVENT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER TOTALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ005>007-012>024-RIZ001>008-290430- /O.NEW.KBOX.FA.A.0004.090829T0900Z-090830T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 429 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MASSACHUSETTS...BARNSTABLE MA...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA...DUKES MA...EASTERN ESSEX MA... EASTERN NORFOLK MA...EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA...NANTUCKET MA... NORTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA...SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA...SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA... SUFFOLK MA...WESTERN ESSEX MA...WESTERN NORFOLK MA AND WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA. IN RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND RI...BRISTOL RI... EASTERN KENT RI...NEWPORT RI...NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI... SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI...WASHINGTON RI AND WESTERN KENT RI. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * PERIODS OF SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATCH AREA WELL AHEAD OF DANNY DURING THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TOWARDS DAYBREAK...RAINS MORE DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH DANNY WILL SPREAD INTO EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. AN EVENT TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. AS A RESULT...THE THREAT FOR BOTH SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING EXISTS. ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...THE THREAT EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. * IN ADDITION...BASED ON EXPECTED RAINFALL...RAPID AND SUBSTANTIAL RISES ARE EXPECTED ON TRIBUTARY RIVERS. THE PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING LATER SATURDAY...CRESTING NEAR 10 FEET EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ NMB
6 follow-up statements
000 WGUS61 KBOX 290113 FFABOX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 913 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND DURING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... CTZ002>004-MAZ011-290915- /O.CON.KBOX.FA.A.0004.090829T0200Z-090829T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...SPRINGFIELD 913 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * PERIODS OF HEAVIER RAIN ARE ANTICIPATED LATER TONIGHT THAT COULD BRING FLASH FLOODING TO THE AREA AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINS...HEAVY AT TIMES...MORE DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH DANNY ARE EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING A CONTINUED THREAT FOR SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. EVENT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER TOTALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ005>007-012>024-RIZ001>008-290915- /O.CON.KBOX.FA.A.0004.090829T0900Z-090830T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 913 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MASSACHUSETTS...BARNSTABLE MA...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA...DUKES MA...EASTERN ESSEX MA...EASTERN NORFOLK MA...EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA...NANTUCKET MA...NORTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA...SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA...SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...SUFFOLK MA...WESTERN ESSEX MA...WESTERN NORFOLK MA AND WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA. IN RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND RI...BRISTOL RI...EASTERN KENT RI...NEWPORT RI...NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI...SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI...WASHINGTON RI AND WESTERN KENT RI. * FROM 5 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * PERIODS OF SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATCH AREA WELL AHEAD OF DANNY DURING THE OVERNIGHT. TOWARDS DAYBREAK... RAINS MORE DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH DANNY WILL SPREAD INTO EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. AN EVENT TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. AS A RESULT...THE THREAT FOR BOTH SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING EXISTS. ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...THE THREAT EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. * IN ADDITION...BASED ON EXPECTED RAINFALL...RAPID AND SUBSTANTIAL RISES ARE EXPECTED ON TRIBUTARY RIVERS. THE PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING LATER SATURDAY...CRESTING NEAR 10 FEET EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
000 WGUS61 KBOX 290841 FFABOX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 441 AM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND DURING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... CTZ002-MAZ011-290945- /O.CAN.KBOX.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-090829T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HARTFORD CT-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...SPRINGFIELD 441 AM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAINFALL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE NIGHT WAS NOT AS HEAVY AS ANTICIPATED AND MUCH OF THE RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE OUTSIDE OF HARTFORD AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES. THUS HAVE CANCELLED THE FLOOD WATCH WITH NO FLOODING ANTICIPATED. $$ CTZ003-004-291645- /O.EXT.KBOX.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-090830T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC 441 AM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THIS EVENING THAT COULD BRING FLASH FLOODING TO THE AREA AS EARLY AS LATE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BRING A CONTINUED THREAT FOR SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. EVENT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER TOTALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ005>007-012>024-RIZ001>008-291645- /O.CON.KBOX.FA.A.0004.090829T0900Z-090830T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 441 AM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MASSACHUSETTS...BARNSTABLE MA...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA...DUKES MA...EASTERN ESSEX MA...EASTERN NORFOLK MA...EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA...NANTUCKET MA...NORTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA...SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA...SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...SUFFOLK MA...WESTERN ESSEX MA...WESTERN NORFOLK MA AND WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA. IN RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND RI...BRISTOL RI...EASTERN KENT RI...NEWPORT RI...NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI...SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI...WASHINGTON RI AND WESTERN KENT RI. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * RAINS MORE DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH DANNY WILL SPREAD INTO EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND THIS MORNING. AN EVENT TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. AS A RESULT...THE THREAT FOR BOTH SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING EXISTS. ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...THE THREAT EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. * IN ADDITION...BASED ON EXPECTED RAINFALL...RAPID AND SUBSTANTIAL RISES ARE EXPECTED ON TRIBUTARY RIVERS. THE PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING LATER TODAY...CRESTING NEAR 10 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING. FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ RLG
000 WGUS61 KBOX 291337 FFABOX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 937 AM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY... CTZ003-004-MAZ005>007-012>024-RIZ001>008-292145- /O.CON.KBOX.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-090830T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 937 AM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. IN MASSACHUSETTS... BARNSTABLE MA...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA...DUKES MA...EASTERN ESSEX MA...EASTERN NORFOLK MA...EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA... NANTUCKET MA...NORTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA... SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA...SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...SUFFOLK MA...WESTERN ESSEX MA...WESTERN NORFOLK MA AND WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA. IN RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND RI...BRISTOL RI...EASTERN KENT RI...NEWPORT RI...NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI...SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI...WASHINGTON RI AND WESTERN KENT RI. * UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING * RAINS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH DANNY WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THROUGH EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE ISLAND...AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT THROUGH TODAY. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL DAYTIME RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. AS A RESULT...THE THREAT FOR BOTH SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING EXISTS. ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...THE THREAT EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. * IN ADDITION...BASED ON EXPECTED RAINFALL...RAPID AND SUBSTANTIAL RISES ARE EXPECTED ON TRIBUTARY RIVERS. THE PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING LATER TODAY...CRESTING NEAR 10 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING. FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ NMB
000 WGUS61 KBOX 291542 FFABOX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1142 AM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY... CTZ003-004-MAZ005>007-012>024-RIZ001>008-292345- /O.CON.KBOX.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-090830T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1142 AM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. IN MASSACHUSETTS... BARNSTABLE MA...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA...DUKES MA...EASTERN ESSEX MA...EASTERN NORFOLK MA...EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA... NANTUCKET MA...NORTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA... SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA...SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...SUFFOLK MA...WESTERN ESSEX MA...WESTERN NORFOLK MA AND WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA. IN RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND RI...BRISTOL RI...EASTERN KENT RI...NEWPORT RI...NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI...SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI...WASHINGTON RI AND WESTERN KENT RI. * UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING * RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF DANNY WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THROUGH EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE ISLAND...AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL DAYTIME RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. AS A RESULT...THE THREAT FOR BOTH SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING EXISTS. ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...THE THREAT EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. * IN ADDITION...BASED ON EXPECTED RAINFALL...RAPID AND SUBSTANTIAL RISES ARE FORECAST ON TRIBUTARY RIVERS. THE PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON MAY RISE TO ITS 9 FOOT FLOOD STAGE TOWARDS 10 PM THIS EVENING....POTENTIALLY CRESTING NEAR 10 FEET AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ NMB
000 WGUS61 KBOX 291954 FFABOX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 354 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY... CTZ003-004-MAZ005-006-012-RIZ001>008-292100- /O.CAN.KBOX.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-090830T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 354 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH MANY SMALL STREAMS HAVE SHOWN SHARP RISES...NONE ARE EXPECTED TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. MOST SMALL STREAMS WILL CREST EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN RECEDE. THERE IS STILL A RISK...HOWEVER...THAT THE PAWTUCKET RIVER AT CRANSTON MAY RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING AND CREST A SHORT TIME AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ MAZ007-013>024-300000- /O.CON.KBOX.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-090830T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 354 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * MOST OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...NORFOLK MA...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA...SUFFOLK MA...EASTERN ESSEX MA. IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...BARNSTABLE MA...DUKES MA...PLYMOUTH MA...NANTUCKET MA...BRISTOL MA. * UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING * HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF DANNY WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. MANY SMALL STREAMS ARE SHOWING SHARP RISES AND A FEW MAY FLOOD. ALSO...URBAN AREAS IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...ARE STILL AT RISK FOR FLOODING FROM BURSTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...THE THREAT REMAINS FOR SIGNIFICANT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. * AT 345 PM...THE ABERJONA RIVER IN WINCHESTER MA WAS RISING RAPIDLY AND MAY CREST WITHIN A HALF FOOT OF ITS 13 FOOT FLOOD STAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ CADIMA/THOMPSON
000 WGUS61 KBOX 292211 FFABOX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 611 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 MAZ007-013>024-292315- /O.CAN.KBOX.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-090830T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 611 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...THEREFORE THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MLE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Aug 28, 3:43 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 3:43 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
343 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST CANADA WILL RECENTER TO THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES TONIGHT. MEANWHILE NORTHWARD MOVING DISORGANIZED TROPICAL
STORM DANNY SHOULD TURN NORTHEAST TONIGHT...PASSING SOUTHEAST OF
NANTUCKET LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE
TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR DETAILS. COMFORTABLE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO RETURN NEXT WEEK AS A HIGH PRESSURE OVER MISSOURI
MONDAY...MOVES TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WED AND THU OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
ALL PRODUCTS WILL POST SHORTLY AFTER TPC ISSUANCE....ABOUT 430-5PM.
PLEASE EXPECT NO NEW PRODUCT ISSUANCES PRIOR TO THE TPC ISSUANCE.
GALE WATCHES AND SCA ARE CONTINUED WHERE MOST POTENTIAL FOR SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY EVENING.
FINALLY...WAITING TIL WHAT RECON AND TPC COLLABORATE AT 4PM...WE
ARE DELAYING HIGH SURF ADVY FOR S COAST... BUT A CF STATEMENT IS
BEING ISSUED SHORTLY FOR THE VIRTUAL CERTAINTY OF HIGH SURF AND
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS SAT AFTN INTO SUNDAY. IF EVENTUALLY TROP STORM
WATCHES/WARNINGS WERE/ARE ISSUED FOR THE LAND AREAS OF SE NEW
ENGLAND THEN THIS WOULD SUPERSEDE OUR CFW FOR HIGH SURF AND THEN ONCE
THOSE WATCHES/WARNINGS ...IF ISSUED...WERE DISCONTINUED...WED HAVE
TO REVERT TO THE CFW FOR HIGH SURF. SO... KEEPING IT SIMPLE...WE GO
WITH A CFS FOR NOW...BUT BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS
SAT AFTN INTO SUNDAY S COASTAL NEW ENGLAND.
BE SMART ON THIS... LIVES ARE LOST WHEN VIEWING DANGEROUS SURF...
WED PREFER FOLLOWING ALL LOCAL OFFICIAL REALITIES. REALIZE THE
FORECAST SURF CAN BE ONCE IN A WHILE...TWICE AS HIGH AS PREDICTED.
MORE DETAILS THIS AFTN...AND AGAIN THIS IS ALL A PROJECTION.
WE ARE ISSUING A FLOOD WATCH AT 4PM.
AGAIN...PLEASE GIVE US THE TIME TO CONSTRUCTIVELY COMPOSE AND
PROJECT IMPACT ON OUR AREA.
PAST OVERNIGHT PERFORMANCE: 00Z GGEM WAS BY FAR THE BEST IN QPF FCST
EARLY THIS MORNING.../RGEM OVERDONE WITH 2.93 BY 12Z TODAY BUT AXIS
CORRECT/ WITH AT LEAST 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN SE PA. THE 00Z GEFS AND
03Z SREF PROBABILITIES FOR .05 AND .01 AS WELL AS MEAN AREAL QPF JUST
DID NOT MUSTER ANYTHING CLOSE TO THE GGEM - REALITY. AMOUNTS IN SE PA
CENTRAL NJ AND VCNTY DCA WELL OVER 1 INCH. MAY BE FORECASTING THAT
TREND THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIODS IN FUTURE FCST ISSUANCES.
RADAR ESTIMATES...PHL RADAR N OF PH LOOKS SUPERB ON OUTPUT. STILL NO
REPORTS AS OF 8AM ON THE 6-8 INCH STPS IN NE MD. ONE LSR REPORT OUT
OF STERLING.
REMAINING HYDRO PLS SEE HYDRO SECTION...INCLUDING OUR VIEW OF THE
PRE.
PLEASE DO NOT DISCOUNT THE OPTION FOR 40 KNOT GUSTS HERE SATURDAY
DESPITE THE TROPICAL ENVELOPE TRACK OF DANNY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
FOR THE SHORT TERM...THE FORECAST IS ALMOST ENTIRELY DEPENDANT UPON
THE TRACK/INTENSITY OF TROPICAL STORM DANNY. DANNY IS STILL QUITE
DISORGANIZED. THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM TPC HAVE DANNY MOVING JUST
EAST OF NANTUCKET LATE SATURDAY.
ASIDE FROM DANNY...THERE IS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT
LAKES THAT MAY INTERACT WITH DANNY AS THEY BOTH APPROACH THE
NORTHEAST U.S. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND AHEAD OF DANNY/S APPROACH TO THE AREA THIS EVENING INTO
SATURDAY. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A PREDECESSOR RAINFALL EVENT
/PRE/. PLEASE REFER TO THE HYDROLOGY SECTION BELOW FOR MORE
INFORMATION.
LATE SATURDAY DANNY IS PREDICTED TO MAKE ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK/INTENSITY...
DANNY WILL BE A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES PAST. TPC HAS NOTICED A
LACK OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE
STORM. WHILE THIS COULD CHANGE BEFORE DANNY GETS CLOSE TO SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND...WE ARE FOCUSING ON HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN
THREAT THROUGH SATURDAY. PLENTY OF TROPICAL MOISTURE AVAILABLE WITH
PWATS AROUND 2 INCHES. HAVE BLENDED THE LATEST HPC QPF WITH LAST
NIGHTS RFC QPF RUN. THIS RESULTED IN A TOTAL QPF FOR FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. ANYTHING THAT FALLS AFTER SUNDAY 00Z
WOULD NEED TO BE ADDED TO THAT TOTAL.
FOR TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE WARMER WITH HIGHER
DEWPOINTS...RAINFALL...AND COMPLETE CLOUD COVER. HOWEVER...LOWS
WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S TO THE MID 60S. SATURDAY...WILL BE
HUMID BUT HIGHS WILL BE PLEASANT IN THE LOWER 70S.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
MOST OF THE EMPHASIS OF THE LONG RANGE FORECAST IS PLACED ON DANNY.
DID NOT MAKE CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FORECAST AFTER MONDAY NIGHT. DANNY
CURRENTLY FORECAST TO PASS ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET
SATURDAY NIGHT. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DANNY
BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL BEFORE IT GETS HERE AS WELL AS ITS INTERACTION
WITH A MID LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES.
FAVORED THE 00Z GFS FOR THIS PACKAGE...AS IT WAS CLOSEST TO OFFICIAL
TPC FORECAST. 5 AM TPC FORECAST TRACK IS A BIT FARTHER TO THE EAST
THAN THE GFS...AND MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
DANNY/S TRACK COULD POTENTIALLY BRING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS
NEAR THE I-95 CORRIDOR SATURDAY...ALONG THE THETA-E RIDGE AXIS AND
WHERE THE BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE DEVELOPS NEAR A COASTAL FRONT.
HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL WIGGLE ROOM DEPENDING ON DANNY/S TRACK AND
DEVELOPMENT. ALSO NOTING A FAIRLY STRONG LOW LEVEL SSE JET WHICH
WILL HELP AID THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AS WELL AS HIGH PRECIPITABLE
WATER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH DANNY. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL WOULD BE
POSSIBLE IF DANNY REACHES OUR AREA SATURDAY...BUT IT IS ALSO EXPECTED
TO BE A QUICK MOVER AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE WESTERLIES.
HAVE NOT ISSUED ANY WATCHES OR ADVISORIES AT THIS TIME GIVEN THE
UNCERTAINTY OF DANNY/S EVOLUTION. HOWEVER WILL HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL
RISKS FOR WIND...FLOODING AND HIGH SURF IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OUTLOOK. IT IS ADVISED THAT RESIDENTS KEEP INFORMED OF THE SITUATION
BY MONITORING LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AND OUR OFFICE. ANY EARLY PREPARATIONS FOR A
TROPICAL STORM SHOULD ALSO CONTINUE.
DURING MOST OF THE EXTENDED TIME-FRAME...A BROAD MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS
ENCOMPASSES THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC. MEANWHILE AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS
EXPECTED TO DEEPEN ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY. THE NAM
AND GFS ARE FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AS ITS AXIS
ARRIVES BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AND BEGINS TO LIFT OVER THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE. THE GFS ENSEMBLES AND GLOBAL ENSEMBLES APPEAR TO FAVOR THIS
SCENARIO. MEANWHILE THE UKMET AND ECMWF ARE DEEPER AND LESS
PROGRESSIVE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH...NOT ARRIVING
UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE GLOBAL GEM APPEARS TO BE AN
OUTLIER DEVELOPING A CUTOFF LOW ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY BUT THE GFS
NAO ENSEMBLE FORECASTS FAVOR MORE...NOT LESS BLOCKING IN THE
EXTENDED.
SATURDAY...HAVE CATEGORICAL POPS MENTIONED WITH TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
SUNDAY...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
AND HAVE INCLUDED CHANCE POPS. NOTING SOME MOISTURE CONVERGENCE
AND LEFTOVER LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY WELL BE AVAILABLE AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...MAINLY EAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE BUT ALSO EXPECTING THAT A PORTION OF THE DAY WILL BE DRY.
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...GENERALLY FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE WITH
SOME DEVELOPING UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXTENDED RANGE. DRY CONDITIONS
EXPECTED MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY SHIFTS EAST. HIGH PRESSURE
SHOULD DOMINATE THROUGH THURSDAY BUT SOME COMPLICATIONS COULD OCCUR
AS THE UKMET/ECMWF/GGEM HOLD THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF A LONG WAVE
TROUGH TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA. IF THIS DOES OCCUR IT COULD SET
UP A SIGNIFICANT OVERRUNNING EVENT LATER IN THE WEEK...BUT IT DOESN/T
APPEAR LIKELY AT THIS POINT. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE DRY CONDITIONS
WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND AS THE SURFACE HIGH SINKS SOUTH.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
TODAY...MAINLY VFR. COULD SEE SOME MVFR CIGS/VSBYS IN -SHRA/TSRA
MOVING INTO NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHWESTERN MASS LATE. SEA
BREEZES EARLY IN THE DAY AT BOS/PVD.
TONIGHT...CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE TO IFR IN SHOWERS AND HEAVY
RAIN PARTICULARLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF TSRA.
SATURDAY...MVFR/IFR CIGS LIKELY IN RA. POSSIBLE TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY CAPE AND ISLANDS. ENE WINDS 18 G35 KTS BOS
AND ESE WINDS 20 G38 KTS FMH HYA AND ACK....TROPICAL GUSTS OR NOT.
OUTLOOK /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
SATURDAY NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
SUNDAY...VFR. SCT SHRA OR TSRA POSSIBLE.
MONDAY...VFR.
TUESDAY...VFR
&&
.MARINE...
HEADLINE ISSUANCES TROPICAL GALE AND SCA WILL BEGIN AT 11AM.
FCST SEAS AND GUSTS WERE INCREASED A BIT TODAY IN OUR 635 AM UPDATE.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS LIKELY FOR TONIGHT... PARTICULARLY ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN WATERS. DID NOT WANT TO COMPLICATE ANY TROPICAL STORM
ISSUANCES FOR SATURDAY QUITE YET. THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY
IN REGARDS TO THE STRENGTH OF DANNY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION.
SREF HAS AT 15 PCP PROB OF GALES SATURDAY....A GOOD SIGNAL FOR
SQUALL GUSTS OF 35-40 KNOTS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. OUR NAM MXG ALG OFFERS
GUSTS TO 38KTS IN PARTS OF THE SRN WATERS AT 12Z SATURDAY.
OUTLOOK /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
SATURDAY NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. USED A BLEND OF THE
WNA AND HURRICANE WAVE GUIDANCE TO DERIVE WAVE HEIGHTS. PLEASE SEE
THE LATEST DISCUSSION FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.
SUNDAY...LEFTOVER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL LIKELY BE
NEEDED.
MONDAY...LEFTOVER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS STILL
POSSIBLE.
TUESDAY...WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 25 KT AND 5 FT
RESPECTIVELY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE WATERS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
FCST UPDATE 315 PM: FLOOD THREAT STARTING LATE THIS EVENING N
CT...THEN ALONG THE I95 CORRIDOR RI/MA LATE TONIGHT AND SAT.
FFG VALUES 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR AND 4 TO 4.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS...LESS
FOR URBAN AREAS. ENOUGH SIGNALS IN MODELS FOR CONCERN OF POTENTIAL
1 TO 3 INCH QUASI PRE EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN CT THIS EVENING...MM5
SHOWS SIGNIFICANT QPF AS WELL. BELIEVE THAT LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE...THERE IS A CHANCE OF EXCEEDING FFG IN THAT AREA...MAIN
THREAT URBAN FF. LATE PM/EARLY EVE PRECIP SHOULD SERVE TO SATURATE
GROUND. PLAN TO START FFA LATE THIS EVENING THERE.
FOR RI/EASTERN THIRD OF MA ...RAINS MORE DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH
DANNY BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING LATER TONIGHT THRU SAT. TOTAL
QPF /INCLUDING TONIGHT/ SHOULD BRING A 3 TO 5 INCH AXIS OF HEAVIEST
RAIN ALONG I95 CORRIDOR ONTO THE CAPE...AND WEST INTO NORTHEAST CT.
LOCALIZED HIGHER TOTALS WILL BE POSSIBLE. MAY NEED TO EXPAND WATCH
INTO MHT/FIT AT A LATER POINT.
CURRENT NERFC FORECASTS ARE BASED ON 3 TO 5 INCH QPF ACROSS THE
EASTERN 2/3 OF OUR AREA SPREAD OVER A 12 TO 18 HOUR PERIOD...LESS TO
THE WEST. STRONG RISES WILL OCCUR ON AREA TRIBUTARIES. CURRENT NERFC
FORECAST BRINGS PAWTUXET TO MINOR FLOOD AT CRANSTON...AND ACTION
STAGE ON THE NORTH NASHUA...SHAWSHEEN...ASSABET...AND NEPONSET. FOR
SPECIFICS GO TO WEATHER.GOV/AHPS AND CLICK OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
&&
.CLIMATE...
DAILY RERS FOR RAINFALL AS GLEANED FROM OUR DETAILED CLIMATE
ARCHIVES AS MAINTAINED BY NEAL STRAUSS AND NWS CLIMATE CENTERS VIA
XMACIS.
TODAYS RECORDS ARE PRESUMING HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS EVENING.
PERIOD OF RECORD IN THE DATA BELOW FROM THE BIG 5...ARE 100 PLUS YEARS.
8/28 8/29
BOS 1.31 1891 BOS 1.69 1962
PVD 2.64 1970 PVD 1.88 1959
BDL 1.35 1971 BDL 2.19 1917
ORH 0.99 1971 ORH 1.51 1961
MQE 1.80 1922 MQE 2.88 1962
ACK 2.74 1962 ACK 3.10 1958
NANTUCKET PERIOD OF RECORD INTERRUPTED IN XMACIS 1982-2000 OTRW
DATING BACK TOM 1948
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...FLOOD WATCH FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CTZ002>004.
MA...FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR
MAZ005>007-012>024.
FLOOD WATCH FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MAZ011.
NH...NONE.
RI...FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR
RIZ001>008.
MARINE...GALE WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR
ANZ231>233-235-237-250-256.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT
SATURDAY NIGHT FOR ANZ234-251.
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR ANZ254-255.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DRAG/BELK
NEAR TERM...DRAG
SHORT TERM...DRAG/RLG
LONG TERM...BELK
AVIATION...DRAG/BELK/RLG
MARINE...DRAG/BELK/RLG
HYDROLOGY...
CLIMATE...Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 11:57 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 MAZ002>006-008>014-017-018-021-026-NHZ011-012-015-291200- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN ASSOCIATION WITH DANNY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ON SMALLER WATERWAYS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT SUNDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ231>233-235-237-250-256-291200- CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-RHODE ISLAND SOUND- BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND- 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WATCH. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR MORE DETAILS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ230-234-236-251-291200- BOSTON HARBOR-BUZZARDS BAY-NARRAGANSETT BAY- MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY- 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A HEAVY RAIN...SQUALLY WINDS TO 30 KNOTS AND ROUGH WATERS FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND NEAR SHORE WATERS IN ASSOCIATION WITH DANNY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR MORE DETAILS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. MAZ020-022>024-RIZ005>008-291200- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF ARE LIKELY FOR OCEAN EXPOSED SOUTH COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLY WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST IN ASSOCIATION WITH DANNY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ON SMALLER WATERWAYS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. WIND ADVISORIES...HIGH SURF ADVISORIES AND A FLOOD WATCH MAY EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR MORE DETAILS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ254-255-291200- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET- 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TROPICAL STORM WATCH. SQUALLS AND VERY ROUGH SEAS ARE EXPECTED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND OUTER COASTAL WATERS IN ASSOCIATION WITH DANNY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR MORE DETAILS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. MAZ007-015-016-019-291200- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR SQUALLS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FOR A PORTION OF THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY...AS THE REMAINS OF DANNY SKIRT THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ON SMALLER WATERWAYS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY OR SUNDAY...IN THE WAKE OF DANNYS DEPARTURE. WIND ADVISORIES...HIGH SURF ADVISORIES AND A FLOOD WATCH MAY EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR MORE DETAILS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. CTZ002>004-RIZ001>004-291200- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING RAINS ARE ANTICIPATED IN CONNECTICUT AND IN RHODE ISLAND AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN ASSOCIATION WITH DANNY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ON SMALLER WATERWAYS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...ESPECIALLY RHODE ISLAND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT SUNDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 11:07 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:32 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | BOX | 6 hr | |
| Aug 28, 11:36 AM EDT | Gale Watch | BOX | 17 hr | |
| Aug 28, 11:36 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 10 hr | |
| Aug 28, 4:35 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 27 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:18 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket | 53 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.