Alert archive / Rhode Island / River Flood Watches in 2018
River Flood Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood watch at Nov 2, 2018, 4:21 PM EDT for Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Nov 3, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2018, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 3, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2018, 12:11 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 river
Written for the forecast point Pawtuxet River at Cranston (CRAR1). The gauge peaked at 8.15 ft at Nov 3, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 11 ft
- Major stage
- 13 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01116500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Nov 2, 3:59 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 2, 3:59 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 2, 4:17 AM EDT, 12 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 417 AM EDT Fri Nov 2 2018 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>021-024-026-RIZ001>008-030830- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA- Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA- Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA-Western Hampshire MA- Western Hampden MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA- Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA- Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA- Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA- Southern Plymouth MA-Nantucket MA-Northern Middlesex MA- Northwest Providence RI-Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI- Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 417 AM EDT Fri Nov 2 2018 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts, eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern Massachusetts, western Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230-234-236-251-030830- Boston Harbor-Buzzards Bay-Narragansett Bay- Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay- 417 AM EDT Fri Nov 2 2018 ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Storm Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ231>233-235-237-250-254>256-030830- Cape Cod Bay-Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound-Rhode Island Sound- Block Island Sound- Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary- Coastal waters from Provincetown MA to Chatham MA to Nantucket MA out 20 nm- Coastal Waters extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket- Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 nm South of Block Island- 417 AM EDT Fri Nov 2 2018 ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Storm Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ022-023-030830- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- 417 AM EDT Fri Nov 2 2018 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. For the latest updates, please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NWSBoston You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 4:35 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Nov 2, 4:40 AM EDT | Storm Watch | BOX | 10 hr | |
| Nov 2, 2:40 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:40 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Norfolk, Plymouth | 28 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:42 PM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 37 hr | |
| Nov 2, 2:42 PM EDT | Storm Warning | BOX | 28 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Watches in Rhode Island, 2018Every river flood watch in 2018
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.