Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2016, 1:23 PM EDT for Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 112 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 7, 2016, 1:23 PM EDT (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:45 PM EDT | FLOOD | Scituate, RI | RTE 116 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
475
WGUS51 KBOX 071723
FFWBOX
RIC007-071915-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0001.160707T1723Z-160707T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
123 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 122 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY, PARTICULARLY ACROSS CRANSTON AND PROVIDENCE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PROVIDENCE...CRANSTON...PAWTUCKET...NORTH PROVIDENCE...JOHNSTON...
SMITHFIELD...LINCOLN AND SCITUATE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4173 7166 4185 7169 4188 7142 4177 7140
4176 7144 4174 7145
$$
RLG2 follow-up statements
312
WGUS71 KBOX 071828
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
228 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
RIC007-071915-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160707T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PROVIDENCE RI-
228 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY...
AT 227 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING VERY VERY SLOWLY AND RADAR
INDICATES 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR IS FALLING WITH THIS
STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PROVIDENCE...CRANSTON...JOHNSTON AND SCITUATE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4173 7164 4179 7162 4182 7141 4177 7140
4176 7144 4174 7145
$$
RLG898
WGUS71 KBOX 071921
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
321 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
RIC007-071931-
/O.EXP.KBOX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160707T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PROVIDENCE RI-
321 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4173 7164 4179 7162 4182 7141 4177 7140
4176 7144 4174 7145
$$
RLGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 3:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 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.