Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT for Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 3 hr. 7 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
- Aug 12, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 6:32 PM EDT | FLOOD | Scituate, RI | SEVEN MILE ROAD FLOODED |
| Aug 12, 6:45 PM EDT | FLOOD | Coventry, RI | OVER 6 INCHES OF STREET FLOODING...CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON WASHINGTON STREET AT LAUREL AVENUE |
| Aug 12, 6:50 PM EDT | FLOOD | Killingly, CT | MECHANIC STREET AT WESTFIELD AVENUE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE |
| Aug 12, 6:50 PM EDT | FLOOD | Killingly, CT | TWO CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS AT I-695/395 NEAR ROUTE 6...AREA IMPASSABLE |
| Aug 12, 7:00 PM EDT | FLOOD | Danielson, CT | APARTMENT COMPLEX FLOODED ON COTTAGE STREET... FAMILIES EVACUATED |
| Aug 12, 7:11 PM EDT | FLOOD | Pomfret, CT | FIVE CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON WEST ROAD/ROUTE 97 |
| Aug 12, 7:21 PM EDT | FLOOD | South Killingly, CT | I395 CONNECTOR FROM ROUTE 6 ON THE RI/CT BORDER CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...SEVERAL CARS STUCK ON THE CONNECTOR DUE TO CLOSURE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 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
- 1049 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
323
WGUS51 KBOX 122215
FFWBOX
CTC015-RIC003-007-130115-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0003.160812T2215Z-160813T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
615 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
SOUTHERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 615 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PROVIDENCE...WARWICK...CRANSTON...COVENTRY...NORTH PROVIDENCE...
WEST WARWICK...JOHNSTON...PLAINFIELD...KILLINGLY...
EAST GREENWICH...SCITUATE...GLOCESTER...PUTNAM...BROOKLYN...
WOODSTOCK...CANTERBURY...FOSTER...ASHFORD...POMFRET AND STERLING.
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 4176 7216 4181 7216 4194 7209 4184 7143
4165 7149
$$
FIELD2 follow-up statements
407
WGUS71 KBOX 122253
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
653 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
CTC015-RIC003-007-130115-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160813T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WINDHAM CT-KENT RI-PROVIDENCE RI-
653 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL WINDHAM...CENTRAL KENT AND SOUTHERN PROVIDENCE COUNTIES...
AT 646 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WE HAVE RECEIVED RELIABLE REPORTS
OF 3.38 INCHES OF RAIN IN 60 MINUTES IN DAYVILLE, CONNECTICUT AND A
TOTAL OF 3.75 INCHES OF RAIN IN POMFRET, CONNECTICUT.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THE HARDEST HIT AREAS FROM KILLINGLY EASTWARD TO
FOSTER, RHODE ISLAND.
THE HEAVY RAIN AREA WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE EASTWARD BUT ANOTHER 1 TO
2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE, PARTICULARLY IN THE FOSTER AREA. THIS IS A
SERIOUS SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PROVIDENCE...WARWICK...CRANSTON...COVENTRY...NORTH PROVIDENCE...
WEST WARWICK...JOHNSTON...PLAINFIELD...KILLINGLY...EAST GREENWICH...
SCITUATE...GLOCESTER...PUTNAM...BROOKLYN...WOODSTOCK...CANTERBURY...
FOSTER...ASHFORD...POMFRET AND STERLING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4176 7216 4181 7216 4194 7209 4184 7143
4165 7149
$$
FIELD204
WGUS71 KBOX 130032
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
832 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
CTC015-RIC003-007-130115-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160813T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WINDHAM CT-KENT RI-PROVIDENCE RI-
832 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL WINDHAM...CENTRAL KENT AND SOUTHERN PROVIDENCE COUNTIES...
AT 828 PM EDT...ALL RAIN HAD EXITED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
AREA...BUT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM KILLINGLY TO FOSTER AND
WATER WAS STILL PONDING ON ROADWAYS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A NEW
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN HARTFORD COUNTY THAT COULD MOVE INTO THE
WARNING AREA AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING INCLUDE...
PUTNAM...BROOKLYN...WOODSTOCK...CANTERBURY...FOSTER...ASHFORD...
POMFRET AND STERLING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4176 7216 4181 7216 4194 7209 4184 7143
4165 7149
$$
FIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 5:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 5:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent, Newport | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 7:06 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence | 24 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 45 min | |
| Aug 11, 8:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 64 min |
| Aug 12, 2:22 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 49 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.