Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2014, 10:30 AM EDT for Bristol County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Newport County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2014, 10:30 AM EDT (14:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2014, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bristol County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Newport County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
917
WGUS51 KBOX 161430
FFWBOX
MAC005-023-RIC005-161830-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0026.140716T1430Z-140716T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1030 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
EASTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
NEWPORT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 1027 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUALLY TRAINING ACROSS THE REGION PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE REGION HAS ALREADY SEEN
ROUGHLY ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW BEDFORD...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER...PLYMOUTH...TAUNTON...
WEYMOUTH...DARTMOUTH...BRIDGEWATER...MARSHFIELD...NEWPORT...AND
SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS! FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4165 7122 4154 7123 4156 7121 4172 7120
4171 7121 4229 7088 4200 7060 4199 7063
4201 7071 4199 7070 4195 7058 4168 7072
4171 7075 4158 7082 4165 7092 4149 7104
4145 7135
$$
SIPPRELL1 follow-up statement
434
WGUS71 KBOX 161814
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
214 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014
MAC005-023-RIC005-161822-
/O.CAN.KBOX.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140716T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL MA-NEWPORT RI-
214 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PLYMOUTH...EASTERN BRISTOL AND NEWPORT
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED LATER IN TIME AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN IS POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES
UNTIL 8 PM FOR SOUTHEAST MA AND SOUTHERN RI.
LAT...LON 4165 7122 4154 7123 4156 7121 4172 7120
4171 7121 4229 7088 4200 7060 4199 7063
4201 7071 4199 7070 4195 7058 4168 7072
4171 7075 4158 7082 4165 7092 4149 7104
4145 7135
$$
SIPPRELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 9:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 11:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 12:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 65 min | |
| Jul 16, 4:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Dukes | 57 min |
| Jul 16, 4:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 8:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 118 min |
| Jul 16, 9:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 81 min |
| Jul 16, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Suffolk | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 2:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:35 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 24 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 2014Flash Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.