Alert archive / Rhode Island / River Flood Warnings in 2010
River Flood Warning 43, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood warning at Mar 23, 2010, 8:16 AM EDT for Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Mar 23, 2010, 12:24 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2010, 8:16 AM EDT (12:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2010, 12:24 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2010, 11:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:20 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 river
Written for the forecast point Pawtuxet River at Cranston (CRAR1).
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 11 ft
- Major stage
- 13 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01116500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Mar 23, 6:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 6:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 5:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 507 AM EDT TUE MAR 23 2010 MAZ004>007-012>021-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>007-240915- NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-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-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- 507 AM EDT TUE MAR 23 2010 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF SOME ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FRIDAY MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE...ESPECIALLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS THIS REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS MEETING OR EXCEEDING 2 INCHES ALONG WITH ANY FLOOD REPORTS. CTZ002>004-MAZ002-003-008>011-022>024-RIZ008-240915- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 507 AM EDT TUE MAR 23 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT MAY RESULT IN MINOR URBAN... POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING AS WELL AS RISES ON SMALL STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF SOME ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FRIDAY MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE...ESPECIALLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS THIS REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ231>235-237-250-254>256-240915- CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY- RHODE ISLAND SOUND-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 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- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND- 507 AM EDT TUE MAR 23 2010 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230-236-251-240915- BOSTON HARBOR-NARRAGANSETT BAY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY- 507 AM EDT TUE MAR 23 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF A BRIEF PERIOD OF NORTHWEST GALES LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 5:46 AM EDT | Gale Watch | BOX | 10 hr | |
| Mar 23, 9:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 12 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 12 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 35 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 44 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 52 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 17 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Essex | 17 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 70 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 64 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Suffolk | 17 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:04 PM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 23 hr | |
| Mar 23, 8:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 12 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 5 days |
| Mar 23, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 15 days |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.