Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2012, 4:56 PM EDT for Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 2 hr. 8 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
- Aug 10, 2012, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2012, 7:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 5:07 PM EDT | FLOOD | Warwick, RI | POST ROAD FLOODED CARS STUCK |
| Aug 10, 5:10 PM EDT | FLOOD | Stafford Springs, CT | ROUTE 190 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Aug 10, 5:17 PM EDT | FLOOD | East Greenwich, RI | CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON OLD FORT ROAD NEAR THE TRESTLE. |
| Aug 10, 5:30 PM EDT | FLOOD | Cranston, RI | SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED INCLUDING OAKLAWN AVE AND WILBUR STREET AND FLETCHER AVE |
| Aug 10, 5:31 PM EDT | FLOOD | Providence, RI | GANO STREET FLOODED OVER CURBS |
| Aug 10, 5:32 PM EDT | FLOOD | Pawtucket, RI | FLOODING OVER CURBS ON CENTRAL AVE |
| Aug 10, 5:44 PM EDT | FLOOD | East Greenwich, RI | RTE 4 NORTH NEAR EXIT 6 LEFT LANE UNDER WATER |
| Aug 10, 5:54 PM EDT | FLOOD | East Providence, RI | WARREN AVE NEAR I-195 IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. WARREN AVE AND CATAMORE BLD MOVING WATER 1.5 FEET DEEP |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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
- 1737 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
810
WGUS51 KBOX 102056
FFWBOX
CTC003-013-015-RIC003-007-009-110100-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0014.120810T2056Z-120811T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
456 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
IN RHODE ISLAND...
KENT COUNTY...PROVIDENCE COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY... I
IN CONNECTICUT...
EASTERN HARTFORD COUNTY...TOLLAND COUNTY...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ONE HOUR RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES FROM A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH ACROSS OVER THE WARNED AREA. ALREADY
REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF ROADS BECOMING INUNDATED WITH
SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
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 4130 7189 4142 7180 4164 7181 4166 7217
4171 7224 4159 7234 4158 7247 4164 7251
4163 7269 4203 7285 4204 7285 4200 7281
4204 7276 4202 7138 4178 7132 4167 7137
4168 7144 4159 7140 4157 7144 4136 7147
$$
SIPPRELL1 follow-up statement
166
WGUS71 KBOX 102320
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
720 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
CTC003-013-015-RIC003-007-009-102326-
/O.CAN.KBOX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120811T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-PROVIDENCE RI-WASHINGTON RI-KENT
RI-
720 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR KENT...
WASHINGTON...PROVIDENCE...WINDHAM...TOLLAND AND EASTERN HARTFORD
COUNTIES...
AS OF 715 PM HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND
RHODE ISLAND AND THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
LAT...LON 4130 7189 4142 7180 4164 7181 4166 7217
4171 7224 4159 7234 4158 7247 4164 7251
4163 7269 4203 7285 4204 7285 4200 7281
4204 7276 4202 7138 4178 7132 4167 7137
4168 7144 4159 7140 4157 7144 4136 7147
$$
FIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Washington | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Washington | 19 min |
| Aug 10, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Newport, Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 4:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Newport | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 11:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 4:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 44 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.