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River Flood Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 2, 2018Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island

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.

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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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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

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 4:35 AM EDTHigh Wind WatchBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more10 hr
Nov 2, 4:40 AM EDTStorm WatchBOX10 hr
Nov 2, 2:40 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningBOXBarnstable, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more28 hr
Nov 2, 2:40 PM EDTWind AdvisoryBOXBristol, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Norfolk, Plymouth28 hr
Nov 2, 2:42 PM EDTGale WarningBOX37 hr
Nov 2, 2:42 PM EDTStorm WarningBOX28 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.