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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 30, 20145 counties in Rhode Island; Bristol County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 30, 2014, 8:45 AM EDT for 5 counties in Rhode Island; Bristol County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 3 hr. 27 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: Mar 30, 2014, 8:45 AM EDT (12:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2014, 11:45 AM 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, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 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
Mar 30, 8:45 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Fall River, MA	POND MEADOW AREA FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.
Mar 30, 9:03 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Taunton, MA	COUNTY STREET ROUTE 140 BY PETE S MARKET CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 30, 9:04 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Warren, RI	LONG WHARF DRIVE AND COLUMBUS STREETS WITH ONE FOOT OF STREET FLOODING.
Mar 30, 9:15 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	ROUTE 18 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 4 CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON ACUSHNET AVE...MANHOLE COVERS POPPED OUT OF ROAD. CARS GOING THE WRONG WAY ON RTE 18 TO AVOID FLOOD WATERS.
Mar 30, 9:18 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	ROUTE 18 SOUTH BY PURCHASE STREET...CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS...TOW TRUCK IN ROUTE.
Mar 30, 9:26 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	BELLEVILLE AVE AND SAWYER STREET...1.5 TO 2 FEET OF FLOODING. DEAN AND PURCHASE STREETS WITH 3 FEET OF STREET FLOODING. SAWYER AND PURCHASE STREETS WITH 3 FEET OF FLOODING WITH MULTIPLE CARS STUCK.
Mar 30, 9:29 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	BACK OF NEW BEDFORD POLICE HDQTRS IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. POLICE CARS ADVISED TO AVOID AREA AND STAY IN FRONT.
Mar 30, 9:29 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	COGGESHALL STREET AT PURCHASE STREET FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. CARS STUCK.
Mar 30, 9:32 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Acushnet, MA	HAMLIN STREET...FLOODING AT THE BRIDGE AND IMPASSABLE.
Mar 30, 9:35 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	ROUTE 18 RAMP TO WELD STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS.
Mar 30, 9:40 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Acushnet, MA	SECTION OF MIDDLE ROAD FLOODED AND CLOSED.
Mar 30, 9:45 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Westerly, RI	SPRING BROOK IN WHITE ROCK SECTION OF TOWN IS OUT OF ITS BANKS. WATER IS UP TO HOMES.
Mar 30, 9:49 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	FIRE DEPT PERFORMING CAR RESUES OF TRAPPED OCCUPANTS IN FLOODED STREETS.
Mar 30, 9:49 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	LIBERTY AND HUNTER STREETS WITH 2.5 FEET OF STREET FLOODING YET CARS TRYING TO GET THROUGH IT NONETHELESS.
Mar 30, 9:50 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS AT PURCHASE AND WELD STREETS.
Mar 30, 9:53 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	WEST RODNEY FRENCH BLVD FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.
Mar 30, 10:30 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Freetown, MA	RAMP FROM CHACE ROAD TO ROUTE 140 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 30, 10:47 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Fall River, MA	LANGLEY STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 30, 10:47 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Westerly, RI	THE PAWCATUCK RIVER HAS COME OVER ITS BANKS IN PORTIONS OF THE WHITE ROCK AREA. WHITE ROCK ROAD HAS 2-3 INCHES OF WATER STREAMING ACROSS THE ROAD NEAR SOCCER FIELD ENTRANCE. SPRING BROOK HAS FLOODED 4-5 YARDS WITH WATER UP TO THE FOUNDATIONS OF THESE HOMES.
Mar 30, 10:58 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	BROWNELL AVENUE AND KEMPTON STREET HAS CAR STUCK IN FLOODED WATERS.
Mar 30, 11:07 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	3 CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON BROWNELL AVE. BUTTONWOOD POND OUT OF ITS BANKS.
Mar 30, 11:16 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Dartmouth, MA	EXTENSIVE FLOODING ON HAWLEY DRIVE AND IMPASSABLE INCLUDING SIDE STREETS IN THE SUBDIVISION.
Mar 30, 11:25 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Dartmouth, MA	SEMINOLE ROAD AT MASSASOIT LANE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.
Mar 30, 11:26 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Dartmouth, MA	HAWTHORNE STREET WEST OF BROWNELL AVENUE IS FLOODED AT TEH LOWER PORTION OF THE STREET.
Mar 30, 11:31 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Westport, MA	ROUTE 6 BY BOARS HEAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 30, 11:42 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Dartmouth, MA	CLARENCE STREET FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE WITH CLOGGED STORM DRAINS IN THE AREA.
Mar 30, 11:55 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	New Bedford, MA	PARKER STREET BY NEW BEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 428 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 552 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

540 
WGUS51 KBOX 301245
FFWBOX
MAC005-023-RIC001-003-005-007-009-301545-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0002.140330T1245Z-140330T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
845 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
  BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
  KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
  NEWPORT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
  PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
  BRISTOL COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT

* AT 839 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 
  TO PUSH ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ALONG RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH 
  COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH 930 AM. REPORTS INDICATE THAT 
  VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA HAVE RECEIVED 2.5 TO OVER 4 
  INCHES OF RAIN. IN HOPE VALLEY RI...NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 
  FALLEN.  WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IN THE WARNING 
  AREA THROUGH 930 AM...FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT. 

URBAN FLASH FLOODING IS AN IMMINENT THREAT. FLOODWATERS HAVE    
IMPACTED ROADS IN FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...SOMERSET...AND WARREN 
RHODE ISLAND. OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE AT RISK AS WELL. IN 
ADDITION...SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING IS A RISK. 
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND
ROADWAYS IS IMMINENT. HEAD TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.

&&

LAT...LON 4132 7183 4197 7178 4210 7068 4201 7061
      4200 7071 4184 7053 4159 7085 4162 7087
      4165 7092 4152 7096 4145 7131 4171 7116
      4172 7116 4172 7126 4159 7133 4179 7138
      4158 7145 4148 7136

$$

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1 follow-up statement

614 
WGUS71 KBOX 301349
FFSBOX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
949 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014

MAC005-023-RIC001-003-005-007-009-301545-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140330T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL MA-WASHINGTON RI-KENT RI-NEWPORT RI-
PROVIDENCE RI-BRISTOL RI-
949 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR
PLYMOUTH...BRISTOL...WASHINGTON...KENT...NEWPORT...PROVIDENCE AND
BRISTOL COUNTIES...

AT 939 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED URBAN FLASH 
FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREA.  AREAS HIT BY FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE 
THE FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD AREAS...WHERE THERE WERE NUMEROUS 
ROAD CLOSURES. IN ADDITION SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING IN THE 
BRISTOL AND WARREN AREA IN RHODE ISLAND. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY 
ALSO OCCURRING IN OTHER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA AS WELL.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITHIN THE WARNING AREA RANGED FROM A WIDESPREAD 
2.5 TO 5 INCHES. ALTHOUGH RAIN WILL BE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY 
THROUGH 11 AM...FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH MIDDAY. 

PLEASE OBEY ROAD CLOSURE SIGNS!  DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS IS 
A DANGER TO YOUR WELL BEING...PASSENGERS WITH YOU...AND YOUR CAR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND 
ROADWAYS IS IMMINENT. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. FIND 
ALTERNATE ROUTES.

&&

LAT...LON 4132 7183 4197 7178 4210 7068 4201 7061
      4200 7071 4184 7053 4159 7085 4162 7087
      4165 7092 4152 7096 4145 7131 4171 7116
      4172 7116 4172 7126 4159 7133 4179 7138
      4158 7145 4148 7136

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 4:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington	3 hr
Mar 30, 4:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Providence	3 hr
Mar 30, 6:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington	2 hr
Mar 30, 7:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Providence	2 hr
Mar 30, 7:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Kent, Providence	59 hr
Mar 30, 9:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Providence	113 min
Mar 30, 9:20 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Washington	7 days
Mar 30, 11:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington	6 hr
Mar 30, 2:42 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Washington	6 days
Mar 30, 5:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington	2 hr
Mar 30, 12:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	4 hr
Mar 30, 2:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	2 hr
Mar 30, 2:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	118 min
Mar 30, 4:49 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	22 hr
Mar 30, 4:54 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	29 hr
Mar 30, 4:56 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		10 hr
Mar 30, 7:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Worcester	4 hr
Mar 30, 8:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable	116 min
Mar 30, 1:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	4 days
Mar 30, 4:20 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		39 hr
Mar 30, 4:37 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	22 hr
Mar 30, 6:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Plymouth	48 hr

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.