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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2013, 7:57 AM EDT for Kent County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 3 hr. 9 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
- Sep 1, 2013, 7:57 AM EDT (11:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kent County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:00 AM EDT | FLOOD | Coventry, RI | ROUTE 117 AT ROUTE 116 UNDER THE RAILROAD TRESTLE IS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING WITH CARS STUCK IN THE FLOOD WATERS. |
| Sep 1, 8:16 AM EDT | FLOOD | Coventry, RI | ROUTE 117 AT ROUTE 116 IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING |
| Sep 1, 8:24 AM EDT | FLOOD | Coventry, RI | AREA NEAR 1070 TIOGUE AVE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE |
| Sep 1, 8:24 AM EDT | FLOOD | Coventry, RI | TIOGUE AVE - FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE |
| Sep 1, 8:34 AM EDT | FLOOD | Coventry, RI | ROUTE 117 AT SOUTH MAIN FLOODED WITH A CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS |
| Sep 1, 8:37 AM EDT | FLOOD | Coventry, RI | HOPKINS HILL ROAD AT TIOGUE AVENUE WAS FLOODED WITH 4 CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS. |
| Sep 1, 8:37 AM EDT | FLOOD | Coventry, RI | ROUTE 117 WAS IMPASSABLE IN THE AREA OF 1300 MAIN STREET NEAR PAINE MEMORIAL FIELD. |
| Sep 1, 9:08 AM EDT | FLOOD | Coventry, RI | LAUREL AVENUE AT WASHINGTON STREET WAS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. |
| Sep 1, 10:53 AM EDT | FLOOD | Coventry, RI | HOPKINS HILL RD BTWN S. MAIN AND RT 3...CLOSE DUE TO FLOOD |
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 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 415 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
379
WGUS51 KBOX 011157
FFWBOX
RIC003-011500-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0047.130901T1157Z-130901T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
757 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
* AT 756 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WARWICK...COVENTRY...WEST WARWICK...NORTH KINGSTOWN...EAST
GREENWICH...EXETER...WEST GREENWICH AND STERLING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING. IN URBAN AREAS AVOID FLOODED ROADS AND OBEY
ROAD CLOSURES. THOSE NEAR SMALL STREAMS MUST HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4172 7179 4173 7146 4176 7143 4177 7140
4174 7138 4173 7139 4172 7136 4171 7137
4167 7138 4169 7141 4169 7145 4166 7144
4167 7143 4166 7141 4163 7145 4164 7146
4160 7149 4160 7179
$$
DUNTEN1 follow-up statement
809
WGUS71 KBOX 011215
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
815 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
RIC003-011500-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-130901T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KENT RI-
815 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR
KENT COUNTY...
AT 814 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING. IN URBAN AREAS AVOID FLOODED ROADS AND OBEY
ROAD CLOSURES. THOSE NEAR SMALL STREAMS MUST HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4172 7179 4173 7146 4176 7143 4177 7140
4174 7138 4173 7139 4172 7136 4171 7137
4167 7138 4169 7141 4169 7145 4166 7144
4167 7143 4166 7141 4163 7145 4164 7146
4160 7149 4160 7179
$$
DUNTENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 4:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 5:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Washington | 119 min |
| Sep 1, 7:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent | 117 min |
| Sep 1, 9:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 10:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Kent | 3 hr |
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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.