Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2012, 7:31 PM EDT for 4 counties in Rhode Island; Bristol County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2012, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bristol County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 28, 8:19 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Middletown, RI | CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON EAST MAIN ROAD. EAST MAIN ROAD TO VALLEY ROAD NEAR THE SHAWS PLAZA CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Jul 28, 8:20 PM EDT | FLOOD | Newport, RI | SEVERAL STREETS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF NEWPORT. |
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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
124
WGUS51 KBOX 282331
FFWBOX
MAC005-RIC001-003-005-009-290030-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0012.120728T2331Z-120729T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
731 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
NEWPORT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWPORT...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
SOUTH CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 724 PM EDT...TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL IMPACT NEWPORT AND THE
IMMEDIATE SOUTH COASTAL AREA OF RHODE ISLAND INCLUDING LITTLE
COMPTON. MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR HAS FALLEN IN
SOUTH KINGSTOWN. SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY.
FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. THOSE NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS...OR IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. AVOID FLOODED
ROADS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW VEHICLES TO CROSS SAFELY...
OR THE ROADWAY MAY BE UNDERMINED. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 4144 7147 4161 7150 4163 7139 4157 7143
4151 7140 4158 7137 4153 7133 4157 7130
4160 7138 4164 7136 4163 7131 4159 7130
4165 7130 4168 7111 4150 7105 4145 7120
4154 7122 4147 7124 4144 7140 4149 7141
$$
FIELD1 follow-up statement
777
WGUS71 KBOX 290029
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
829 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
MAC005-RIC001-003-005-009-290039-
/O.EXP.KBOX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120729T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEWPORT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-KENT RI-BRISTOL MA-
829 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL KENT...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL
BRISTOL AND NEWPORT COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND...
LAT...LON 4144 7147 4161 7150 4163 7139 4157 7143
4151 7140 4158 7137 4153 7133 4157 7130
4160 7138 4164 7136 4163 7131 4159 7130
4165 7130 4168 7111 4150 7105 4145 7120
4154 7122 4147 7124 4144 7140 4149 7141
$$
SIPPRELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Providence | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Newport | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 24 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 12:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 4:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 62 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 2012Flash Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.