Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2012, 5:09 PM EDT for Bristol County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 3 hr. 12 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, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bristol County, MA, Plymouth County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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, 5:12 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fall River, MA | PLYMOUTH AVENUE FLOODED WITH 4 FEET OF WATER...ST ANNE S HOSPITAL ON DIVERSION DUE TO FLOODING IN THE ER SEVERAL INCHES DEEP...PRESIDENTS AVE FLOODED WITH 1-2 FT OF WATER. |
| Aug 10, 5:19 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Somerset, MA | COUNTY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM BUFFINGTON BROOK OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS...2 FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. |
| Aug 10, 5:30 PM EDT | FLOOD | Fall River, MA | DAVOL STREET FLOODED WITH A CAR STUCK IN THE FLOOD WATERS. |
| Aug 10, 5:31 PM EDT | FLOOD | South Attleboro, MA | FLOODING OVER THE CURBS ON RTE 1A |
| Aug 10, 5:44 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Somerset, MA | FLORIDA AVE AND GIBBS ST FLOODED DUE TO BUFFINGTON BROOK OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS. |
| Aug 10, 5:46 PM EDT | FLOOD | Raynham, MA | ROUTE 138 FLOODED NEAR MARKET BASKET. |
| Aug 10, 5:48 PM EDT | FLOOD | Taunton, MA | CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON TREMONT STREET...OCCUPANTS TRAPPED AND RESCUED. |
| Aug 10, 5:49 PM EDT | FLOOD | Swansea, MA | INTERSECTION OF MACOMBER AND PUFFER AVENUES FLOODED. ROUTE 6 IN FRONT OF ORIENTAL PEARL RESTAURANT FLOODED. PARKING LOT AT SWANSEA CROSSING SHOPPING PLAZA FLOODED. MANHOLE COVERS ON ROUTE 118 LIFTED BY FLOOD WATERS. |
| Aug 10, 6:06 PM EDT | FLOOD | Taunton, MA | WEIR STREET IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 10, 6:17 PM EDT | FLOOD | Taunton, MA | MARION MANOR NURSING HOME CEILING COLLAPSED DUE TO 10 INCHES OF WATER ON ROOF |
| Aug 10, 6:30 PM EDT | FLOOD | Taunton, MA | POWDERHORN DRIVE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING...12-15 INCHES OF WATER ON ROAD |
| Aug 10, 7:02 PM EDT | FLOOD | Brockton, MA | SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE INCLUDING... NORTH MAIN STREET NEAR LANSDOWN STREET AND WARREN AVENUE |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
066
WGUS51 KBOX 102109
FFWBOX
MAC005-023-110015-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0016.120810T2109Z-120811T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
509 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 505 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 4151 7112 4166 7114 4180 7134 4190 7134
4190 7136 4198 7138 4216 7092 4228 7087
4220 7083 4225 7075 4209 7063 4200 7070
4198 7065 4183 7068 4167 7071 4169 7073
4162 7085 4158 7082 4162 7089 4148 7104
$$
SIPPRELL1 follow-up statement
942
WGUS71 KBOX 110018
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
818 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
MAC005-023-110027-
/O.EXP.KBOX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120811T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL MA-
818 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING IN
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4151 7112 4166 7114 4180 7134 4190 7134
4190 7136 4198 7138 4216 7092 4228 7087
4220 7083 4225 7075 4209 7063 4200 7070
4198 7065 4183 7068 4167 7071 4169 7073
4162 7085 4158 7082 4162 7089 4148 7104
$$
WTBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 4:31 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 3 days | |
| Aug 10, 10:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 11:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 11:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 11:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 11:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 92 min | |
| Aug 10, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 30 min | |
| Aug 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 87 min | |
| Aug 10, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 25 min | |
| Aug 10, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Essex | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 52 min | |
| Aug 10, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 30 min |
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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.