Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 21, 2016, 6:54 PM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 2 hr. 55 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 21, 2016, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 21, 6:58 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | WOMAN TRAPPED IN A CAR IN FLOOD WATERS ON CAMBRIDGE STREET. |
| Oct 21, 6:58 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | WOMAN TRAPPED IN A CAR IN FLOOD WATERS ON CAMBRIDGE STREET. |
| Oct 21, 7:14 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | CARS REPORTIED FILLING WITH WATER ON CHANDLER STREET AND ON GOLDWAITHE AND LINCOLN STREET. |
| Oct 21, 7:14 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | CARS REPORTIED FILLING WITH WATER ON CHANDLER STREET AND ON GOLDWAITHE AND LINCOLN STREET. |
| Oct 21, 7:20 PM EDT | FLOOD | Clinton, MA | BROOK STREET FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. |
| Oct 21, 7:20 PM EDT | FLOOD | Fitchburg, MA | A SECTION OF THE JOHN FITCHBURG HIGHWAY WAS FLOODED OUT. |
| Oct 21, 7:20 PM EDT | FLOOD | Fitchburg, MA | WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. |
| Oct 21, 7:20 PM EDT | FLOOD | Leominster, MA | SECTIONS OF MAIN STREET...PLEASANT STREET...AND CENTRAL STREET WERE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. |
| Oct 21, 7:20 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | ALL MAJOR INTERSECTIONS IN THE GREEN STREET AREA WERE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. ONE CAR WAS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON GREEN STREEET. NUMEROUS LOW LYING AREAS WERE FLOODED. |
| Oct 21, 7:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fitchburg, MA | A SECTION OF THE JOHN FITCHBURG HIGHWAY WAS FLOODED OUT. |
| Oct 21, 7:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Leominster, MA | SECTIONS OF MAIN STREET...PLEASANT STREET...AND CENTRAL STREET WERE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. |
| Oct 21, 7:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | ALL MAJOR INTERSECTIONS IN THE GREEN STREET AREA WERE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. ONE CAR WAS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON GREEN STREEET. NUMEROUS LOW LYING AREAS WERE FLOODED. |
| Oct 21, 7:21 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | GROVE STREET AT ROUTE 122A FLOODED OVER ONE FOOT IN DEPTH. |
| Oct 21, 7:21 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | GROVE STREET AT ROUTE 122A FLOODED OVER ONE FOOT IN DEPTH. |
| Oct 21, 7:22 PM EDT | FLOOD | Leominster, MA | INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON STREET AND GROVE AVENUE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE...FD BLOCKING ROAD. |
| Oct 21, 7:22 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | CAMBRIDGE STREET CLOSED AND BARRICADED BY POLICE NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH KANSAS STREET WHERE INTERSECTION IS FLOODED WITH 7 FEET OF WATER.. |
| Oct 21, 7:22 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | CAMBRIDGE STREET CLOSED AND BARRICADED BY POLICE NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH KANSAS STREET WHERE INTERSECTION IS FLOODED WITH 7 FEET OF WATER.. |
| Oct 21, 7:24 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | 2 PEOPLE STUCK IN CAR DUE TO FLOODING ON PLEASANT TERRACE. |
| Oct 21, 7:24 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | 2 PEOPLE STUCK IN CAR DUE TO FLOODING ON PLEASANT TERRACE. |
| Oct 21, 7:27 PM EDT | FLOOD | Leominster, MA | MCKAY STREET ENTERING THE HOSPITAL IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. PD/FD SEEKING ALTERNATE ROUTES TO HOSPITAL. |
| Oct 21, 7:27 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Leominster, MA | MCKAY STREET ENTERING THE HOSPITAL IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. PD/FD SEEKING ALTERNATE ROUTES TO HOSPITAL. |
| Oct 21, 7:29 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | CAR SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATERS ON BRIDGE STREET. |
| Oct 21, 7:29 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | CAR SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATERS ON BRIDGE STREET. |
| Oct 21, 7:30 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | CAR FILLING WITH WATER...DRIVER ON HOOD OF CAR AT THE INTERSECTION OF BANCROFT AND CHANDLER STREETS. |
| Oct 21, 7:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | CAR FILLING WITH WATER...DRIVER ON HOOD OF CAR AT THE INTERSECTION OF BANCROFT AND CHANDLER STREETS. |
| Oct 21, 7:35 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON HIGHLAND STREET. WATER HAS GONE OVER THE CURBS AND IS NEARING BUSINESSES. |
| Oct 21, 7:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON HIGHLAND STREET. WATER HAS GONE OVER THE CURBS AND IS NEARING BUSINESSES. |
| Oct 21, 7:41 PM EDT | FLOOD | Fitchburg, MA | CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON SHELLEY AVENUE. |
| Oct 21, 7:41 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | SEVERAL CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON I-290...WATER IS UP TO THE SUV TIRES. |
| Oct 21, 7:41 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fitchburg, MA | CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON SHELLEY AVENUE. |
| Oct 21, 7:41 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | SEVERAL CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON I-290...WATER IS UP TO THE SUV TIRES. |
| Oct 21, 7:44 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | PARK STREET AND HIGHLAND AVENUE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE WITH SEVERAL CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS. |
| Oct 21, 7:44 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | PARK STREET AND HIGHLAND AVENUE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE WITH SEVERAL CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS. |
| Oct 21, 7:50 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | MAJOR TAYLOR BOULEVARD AND SUMMER STREET WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS. |
| Oct 21, 7:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | MAJOR TAYLOR BOULEVARD AND SUMMER STREET WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS. |
| Oct 21, 7:53 PM EDT | FLOOD | Clinton, MA | CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON HIGH STREET. |
| Oct 21, 7:53 PM EDT | FLOOD | Lancaster, MA | MAIN STREET IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE...SANDBAGS ARE BEING SET UP. |
| Oct 21, 7:53 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lancaster, MA | MAIN STREET IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE...SANDBAGS ARE BEING SET UP. |
| Oct 21, 7:54 PM EDT | FLOOD | Shrewsbury, MA | ROUTE 9 AT OAK STREET WAS FLOODED UP TO THE TOPS OF CAR TIRES. |
| Oct 21, 7:54 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Shrewsbury, MA | ROUTE 9 AT OAK STREET WAS FLOODED UP TO THE TOPS OF CAR TIRES. |
| Oct 21, 8:01 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE UP TO 4+ FEET...INCLUDING COUNTRY CLUB BOULEVARD. |
| Oct 21, 8:02 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Leominster, MA | THE LEOMINSTER HOSPITAL KING STREET ENTRANCE RAMP IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Oct 21, 8:04 PM EDT | FLOOD | Worcester, MA | HARDING STREET AT POND STREET IS FLOODED. WATER IS COMING OVER THE CURBS INTO A RESTAURANT. |
| Oct 21, 8:04 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | HARDING STREET AT POND STREET IS FLOODED. WATER IS COMING OVER THE CURBS INTO A RESTAURANT. |
| Oct 21, 8:07 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | HAMMOND STREET. AND HIGHLAND STREET AT PARK AVENUE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AND FLOOD WATERS RISING. CARS STUCK...POSSIBLY FLOATING. |
| Oct 21, 8:10 PM EDT | FLOOD | Oxford, MA | ONE LANE OF MAIN STREET WAS ENTIRELY FLOODED OUT. FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF STREET FLOODING ON CLOVER STREET. |
| Oct 21, 8:24 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | 20+ CARS STUCK IN FLOODWATERS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHLAND STREET AND PARK AVENUE. THE AREA NEAR RODMANS FURNITURE STORE IS FLOODED AND CLOSED. |
| Oct 21, 8:38 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | THREE PEOPLE RESCUED FROM CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS. |
| Oct 21, 8:42 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | DRIVER RESCUED FROM ROOF OF VEHICLE ON ELLSWORTH STREET. I-290 IN BOTH DIRECTIONS WAS CLOSED AT EXIT 18 DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Oct 21, 8:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | PLANTATION STREET FROM OAKHURST STREET TO INTERSTATE 290 WAS FLOODED WITH UP TO 4 FEET OF WATER. |
| Oct 21, 8:46 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | A CAR WAS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON IRVING STREET. |
| Oct 21, 8:49 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | MULTIPLE PEOPLE RESCUED FROM CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS AT THE INTERSECTION OF CAMBRIDGE AND KANSAS STREETS. |
| Oct 21, 8:51 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | 2 CARS WERE STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON SHORE DRIVE BY INDIAN LAKE. THE CAMBRIDGE STREET UNDERPASS WAS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. |
| Oct 21, 8:53 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Shrewsbury, MA | GOLD STREET WAS FLOODED WITH WATER RUSHING OVER THE ROAD. |
| Oct 21, 8:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Worcester, MA | MLK BOULEVARD FLOODED UP TO THE UNDERPASS BRIDGE IN A LOW LYING AREA. MULTIPLE FLOODED BASEMENTS REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
431
WGUS51 KBOX 212254
FFWBOX
MAC027-220100-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0005.161021T2254Z-161022T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
654 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 653 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN
SOME LOCATIONS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WORCESTER...LEOMINSTER...FITCHBURG...SHREWSBURY...GARDNER...
GRAFTON...HOLDEN...WEBSTER...SOUTHBRIDGE...AUBURN...NORTHBOROUGH...
OXFORD...CLINTON...MILLBURY...CHARLTON...SPENCER...DUDLEY...
LEICESTER...WINCHENDON AND LUNENBURG.
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 4262 7167 4260 7166 4253 7168 4252 7164
4202 7172 4203 7212 4264 7204 4264 7186
4263 7186 4264 7185 4263 7178 4264 7175
$$
FRANK1 follow-up statement
229
WGUS71 KBOX 212322
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
722 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016
MAC027-220100-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161022T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WORCESTER MA-
722 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY...
AT 718 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
OCCURRING IN THE WORCESTER METROPOLITAN AREA. SIGNIFICANT URBAN
STREET FLOODING IS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT WORCESTER AND THERE ARE A
FEW REPORTS OF VEHICLES TRAPPED IN FLOOD WATERS. FLASH FLOODING IS
OCCURRING! DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WORCESTER...LEOMINSTER...FITCHBURG...SHREWSBURY...GARDNER...
GRAFTON...HOLDEN...WEBSTER...SOUTHBRIDGE...AUBURN...NORTHBOROUGH...
OXFORD...CLINTON...MILLBURY...CHARLTON...SPENCER...DUDLEY...
LEICESTER...WINCHENDON AND LUNENBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4262 7167 4260 7166 4253 7168 4252 7164
4202 7172 4203 7212 4264 7204 4264 7186
4263 7186 4264 7185 4263 7178 4264 7175
$$
FRANKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 4:14 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 66 hr | |
| Oct 21, 1:11 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 1:11 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Nantucket | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 119 min |
| Oct 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 113 min |
| Oct 21, 7:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 118 min |
| Oct 21, 7:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 113 min |
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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.