Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 29, 2015, 4:28 AM EDT for Bristol County, Massachusetts; Newport County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 3 hr. 6 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
- Oct 29, 2015, 4:28 AM EDT (08:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2015, 7:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bristol County, MA, Newport County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 4:45 AM EDT | FLOOD | Fall River, MA | NORTHBOUND LANE OF PLYMOUTH AVE BETWEEN GLOBE AND SLADE ST BEING CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. PART OF BEDFORD ST BEING BLOCKED OFF DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Oct 29, 4:48 AM EDT | FLOOD | Fall River, MA | MANHOLE COVERS ON GLOBE STREET POPPED OFF DUE TO FLOODING - FOUR CORNERS AREA |
| Oct 29, 4:58 AM EDT | FLOOD | Fall River, MA | 1 FOOT OF STANDING WATER AT RHODE ISLAND AVE |
| Oct 29, 5:06 AM EDT | FLOOD | Fall River, MA | STAFFORD SQUARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Oct 29, 5:23 AM EDT | FLOOD | Fall River, MA | PART OF PLEASANT STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Oct 29, 5:23 AM EDT | FLOOD | Fall River, MA | PARTS OF PLEASANT ST 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 00:00Z, 8.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 526 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 767 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
276
WGUS51 KBOX 290828
FFWBOX
MAC005-RIC005-291130-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0012.151029T0828Z-151029T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
428 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHEASTERN NEWPORT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 730 AM EDT
* AT 427 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST
MASSACHUSETTS. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL IN A SHORT
TIME. RAPID FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS WILL BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FALL RIVER...DARTMOUTH...SOMERSET...TIVERTON...WESTPORT AND
FREETOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. HEAD TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE
ROUTES.
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 4160 7121 4163 7122 4163 7121 4164 7122
4164 7121 4167 7120 4171 7116 4172 7116
4171 7118 4178 7114 4178 7112 4174 7114
4178 7111 4176 7100 4158 7112
$$
JWD2 follow-up statements
798
WGUS71 KBOX 290905
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
505 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015
MAC005-RIC005-291130-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151029T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRISTOL MA-NEWPORT RI-
505 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL BRISTOL AND NORTHEASTERN NEWPORT COUNTIES...
AT 502 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE SOUTH COAST WHICH WILL BRING
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA THROUGH 630 AM.
FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN FALL RIVER FROM SKYWARN
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS. ONE FOOT OF WATER COVERED RHODE ISLAND
AVENUE AND STAFFORD SQUARE.
EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAPID FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FALL RIVER...DARTMOUTH...SOMERSET...TIVERTON...WESTPORT AND FREETOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4160 7121 4163 7122 4163 7121 4164 7122
4164 7121 4167 7120 4171 7116 4172 7116
4171 7118 4178 7114 4178 7112 4174 7114
4178 7111 4176 7100 4158 7112
$$
JWD111
WGUS71 KBOX 291129
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
729 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015
MAC005-RIC005-291135-
/O.EXP.KBOX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151029T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRISTOL MA-NEWPORT RI-
729 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BRISTOL AND NORTHEASTERN
NEWPORT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 AM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF FALL RIVER AND VICINITY. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS THROUGH THE AREA DURING THIS
MORNING...HOWEVER THE MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAS COME TO AN END.
SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY
LINGER INTO MID MORNING...AS FLOOD WATERS GRADUALLY RECEDE. HOWEVER
RENEWED FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT...THEREFORE
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4160 7121 4163 7122 4163 7121 4164 7122
4164 7121 4167 7120 4171 7116 4172 7116
4171 7118 4178 7114 4178 7112 4174 7114
4178 7111 4176 7100 4158 7112
$$
NMBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 1:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 37 min |
| Oct 29, 1:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 51 min |
| Oct 29, 3:43 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 11 hr |
| Oct 29, 4:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 43 min |
| Oct 29, 4:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 5:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 55 min | |
| Oct 29, 5:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 42 min |
| Oct 29, 6:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes | 85 min |
| Oct 29, 7:15 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 44 hr | |
| Oct 29, 7:53 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 67 min | |
| Oct 29, 7:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Nantucket | 49 min |
| Oct 29, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 45 min |
| Oct 29, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 35 min |
| Oct 29, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 38 min |
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.