Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2014, 9:12 AM EDT for Kent County, Providence 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
- Aug 13, 2014, 9:12 AM EDT (13:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2014, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 534 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
157
WGUS51 KBOX 131312
FFWBOX
RIC003-007-131715-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0036.140813T1312Z-140813T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
912 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
SOUTHWESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
* AT 909 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COVENTRY...SCITUATE...GLOCESTER...WEST GREENWICH AND FOSTER.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4170 7179 4187 7179 4187 7162 4165 7167
4163 7178
$$
FRANK2 follow-up statements
010
WGUS71 KBOX 131357
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
957 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2014
RIC003-007-131715-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-140813T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KENT RI-PROVIDENCE RI-
957 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL KENT AND SOUTHWESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTIES...
AT 955 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT
2.5 TO LOCALLY OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR THIS MORNING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
WARNING AREA DURING LATE THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT...FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS RAPID INUNDATION OF LOW LYING
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SMALL
STREAM FLOODING AS WELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING. IN URBAN AREAS AVOID FLOODED ROADS AND OBEY
ROAD CLOSURES. THOSE NEAR SMALL STREAMS MUST HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4170 7179 4187 7179 4187 7162 4165 7167
4163 7178
$$
NMB092
WGUS71 KBOX 131636
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1236 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2014
RIC003-007-131644-
/O.CAN.KBOX.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-140813T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KENT RI-PROVIDENCE RI-
1236 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KENT AND SOUTHWESTERN
PROVIDENCE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SWATH OF HEAVY RAINS THAT AFFECTED WEST CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND
DURING THIS MORNING HAS DIMINISHED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
LINGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS REMAIN...WITH LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE
RAIN. THE SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE AREA AT THIS TIME...ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE NEW FLOODING...OR EXACERBATE ANY LINGERING
FLOODING.
ANY REMAINING FLOODWATERS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY RECEDE DURING
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES THAT
MAY BE IN EFFECT.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM. THERE IS STILL A
RISK FOR HEAVY RAINS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND UNTIL EARLY THIS
EVENING.
LAT...LON 4170 7179 4187 7179 4187 7162 4165 7167
4163 7178
$$
NMBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Providence | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Washington | 113 min |
| Aug 13, 8:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Providence | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 10:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Providence | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Providence | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash 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.