Alert archive / Massachusetts / River Flood Watches in 2019
River Flood Watch 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood watch at Dec 13, 2019, 3:57 PM EST for Bristol County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Dec 15, 2019, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 52 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2019, 3:57 PM EST (20:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2019, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2019, 11:21 AM EST
- In force
- 52 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bristol County, MA, Plymouth County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 Taunton River near Bridgewater (BDGM3). The gauge peaked at 7.87 ft at Dec 16, 2019, 12:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 7.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 8 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01108000, 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 Dec 13, 2:09 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 2:09 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 4:10 AM EST, 11 hours 47 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 410 AM EST Fri Dec 13 2019 MAZ004>007-012>021-026-RIZ001>008-140915- Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA- Eastern Essex 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-Northern Middlesex MA- Northwest Providence RI-Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI- Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 410 AM EST Fri Dec 13 2019 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central and eastern Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .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. Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. CTZ002>004-MAZ002-003-008>011-140915- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA- Eastern Franklin MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA- Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA- 410 AM EST Fri Dec 13 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut and western Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. With the heavy rainfall moving in across the area, a flood watch may be needed late tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. A flood watch may needed Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. MAZ022>024-140915- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- 410 AM EST Fri Dec 13 2019 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .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. Flood Watch. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. ANZ231>235-250-251-254>256-140915- Cape Cod Bay-Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound-Buzzards Bay- Rhode Island Sound- Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary-Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay- 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- 410 AM EST Fri Dec 13 2019 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... 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. Gale Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. ANZ237-140915- Block Island Sound- 410 AM EST Fri Dec 13 2019 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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. Gale Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. ANZ230-236-140915- Boston Harbor-Narragansett Bay- 410 AM EST Fri Dec 13 2019 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. There is the chance for gale force winds for Saturday night and Sunday. .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/us.nationalweatherservice.boston.gov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2:46 AM EST | Flood Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 31 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:49 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 34 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:51 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 70 hr | |
| Dec 13, 2:51 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 23 hr | |
| Dec 13, 10:28 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 11 hr |
| Dec 13, 4:40 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:57 PM EST | River Flood Watch | BOX | Washington | 51 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:57 PM EST | River Flood Watch | BOX | Kent, Providence | 45 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:57 PM EST | River Flood Watch | BOX | Washington | 60 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:57 PM EST | River Flood Watch | BOX | Washington | 4 days |
Nearby
River Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2019Every river flood watch in 2019
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.