Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flash Flood Warnings in 2023
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2023, 3:10 PM EDT for Bristol County, Providence County, Rhode Island; Bristol County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 2 hr. 27 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
- Jul 4, 2023, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2023, 5:29 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bristol County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:18 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Wsw Attleborough, MA | Law enforcement reports significant street flooding on intersection of Newport Ave and Irving Ave in Attleboro. Relayed by amateur radio. Time estimated. |
| Jul 4, 3:18 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Wsw Attleborough, MA | Law enforcement reports significant street flooding on intersection of Newport Ave and Irving Ave in Attleboro. Relayed by amateur radio. Time estimated. |
| Jul 4, 3:18 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Wsw Attleborough, MA | Law enforcement reports significant street flooding on intersection of Newport Ave and Irving Ave in Attleboro. Relayed by amateur radio. Time estimated. |
| Jul 4, 3:18 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Wsw Attleborough, MA | Law enforcement reports significant street flooding on intersection of Newport Ave and Irving Ave in Attleboro. Relayed by amateur radio. Time estimated. |
| Jul 4, 3:40 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Nne East Providence, RI | Law enforcement reported significant street flooding on Pawtucket Ave near St. Michaels Court. Relayed by Amateur radio. |
| Jul 4, 3:40 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Nne East Providence, RI | Law enforcement reported significant street flooding on Pawtucket Ave near St. Michaels Court. Relayed by Amateur radio. |
| Jul 4, 3:40 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Nne East Providence, RI | Law enforcement reported significant street flooding on Pawtucket Ave near St. Michaels Court. Relayed by Amateur radio. |
| Jul 4, 3:40 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Nne East Providence, RI | Law enforcement reported significant street flooding on Pawtucket Ave near St. Michaels Court. Relayed by Amateur radio. |
| Jul 4, 3:41 PM EDT | FLOOD | 1 Se Pawtucket, RI | Entire lower, basement level of an apartment complex on Beverage Hill Ave is compromised due to flooding. American Red Cross requested to help displaced residents. Relayed by amateur radio. Time estimated by radar. |
| Jul 4, 3:41 PM EDT | FLOOD | 1 Se Pawtucket, RI | Entire lower, basement level of an apartment complex on Beverage Hill Ave is compromised due to flooding. American Red Cross requested to help displaced residents. Relayed by amateur radio. Time estimated by radar. |
| Jul 4, 3:41 PM EDT | FLOOD | 1 Se Pawtucket, RI | Entire lower, basement level of an apartment complex on Beverage Hill Ave is compromised due to flooding. American Red Cross requested to help displaced residents. Relayed by amateur radio. Time estimated by radar. |
| Jul 4, 3:41 PM EDT | FLOOD | 1 Se Pawtucket, RI | Entire lower, basement level of an apartment complex on Beverage Hill Ave is compromised due to flooding. American Red Cross requested to help displaced residents. Relayed by amateur radio. Time estimated by radar. |
| Jul 4, 4:12 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Ne Rehoboth, MA | Portion of Rt 44/Winthrop St is flooded to a level in which Mass dept of transportation was requested. |
| Jul 4, 4:12 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Ne Rehoboth, MA | Portion of Rt 44/Winthrop St is flooded to a level in which Mass dept of transportation was requested. |
| Jul 4, 4:12 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Ne Rehoboth, MA | Portion of Rt 44/Winthrop St is flooded to a level in which Mass dept of transportation was requested. |
| Jul 4, 4:12 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Ne Rehoboth, MA | Portion of Rt 44/Winthrop St is flooded to a level in which Mass dept of transportation was requested. |
| Jul 4, 4:15 PM EDT | FLOOD | Fall River, MA | Broadway at Ponte Delgada Blvd flooded and impassable. relayed by amateur radio. |
| Jul 4, 4:15 PM EDT | FLOOD | Fall River, MA | Broadway at Ponte Delgada Blvd flooded and impassable. relayed by amateur radio. |
| Jul 4, 4:15 PM EDT | FLOOD | Fall River, MA | Broadway at Ponte Delgada Blvd flooded and impassable. relayed by amateur radio. |
| Jul 4, 4:15 PM EDT | FLOOD | Fall River, MA | Broadway at Ponte Delgada Blvd flooded and impassable. relayed by amateur radio. |
| Jul 4, 4:21 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 W Swansea, MA | High water across the entire portion of road near the 2000 block of Route 6 in Swansea. Several areas of low lying flooding. Relayed by Amateur Radio. |
| Jul 4, 4:21 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 W Swansea, MA | High water across the entire portion of road near the 2000 block of Route 6 in Swansea. Several areas of low lying flooding. Relayed by Amateur Radio. |
| Jul 4, 4:21 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 W Swansea, MA | High water across the entire portion of road near the 2000 block of Route 6 in Swansea. Several areas of low lying flooding. Relayed by Amateur Radio. |
| Jul 4, 4:30 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Sw Fall River, MA | Section of bedford st in Fall River flooded and impassable with cars stuck in floodwaters. Relayed via amateur radio. |
| Jul 4, 4:30 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Sw Fall River, MA | Section of bedford st in Fall River flooded and impassable with cars stuck in floodwaters. Relayed via amateur radio. |
| Jul 4, 4:30 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Sw Fall River, MA | Section of bedford st in Fall River flooded and impassable with cars stuck in floodwaters. Relayed via amateur radio. |
| Jul 4, 4:30 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Sw Fall River, MA | Section of bedford st in Fall River flooded and impassable with cars stuck in floodwaters. Relayed via amateur radio. |
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 489 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
719
WGUS51 KBOX 041910
FFWBOX
MAC005-023-RIC001-007-042215-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0013.230704T1910Z-230704T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
310 PM EDT Tue Jul 4 2023
The National Weather Service in Norton has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts...
Southwestern Plymouth County in southeastern Massachusetts...
Bristol County in Rhode Island...
East Central Providence County in Rhode Island...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 310 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain will be moving across the warned area. The expected
rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall
amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Providence, New Bedford, Fall River, Warwick, Pawtucket, Taunton,
East Providence, Dartmouth, Bridgewater, Bristol, Attleboro,
Middleborough, Easton, Norton, Somerset, Portsmouth, Barrington,
Swansea, Tiverton and Westport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4191 7137 4206 7091 4177 7082 4167 7116
4167 7120 4165 7121 4162 7131 4164 7134
4164 7133 4167 7134 4167 7135 4163 7135
4163 7134 4163 7133 4160 7136 4171 7137
4172 7136 4172 7137
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
HF1 follow-up statement
247
WGUS71 KBOX 042129
FFSBOX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
529 PM EDT Tue Jul 4 2023
MAC005-023-RIC001-007-042139-
/O.CAN.KBOX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230704T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bristol MA-Plymouth MA-Bristol RI-Providence RI-
529 PM EDT Tue Jul 4 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL BRISTOL,
SOUTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH, BRISTOL AND EAST CENTRAL PROVIDENCE
COUNTIES...
The showers and thunderstorms that brought the earlier torrential
rainfall and flash flooding have pushed south of the region.
However...runoff may continue to result in residual flooding
especially near small streams and creeks.
LAT...LON 4191 7137 4206 7091 4177 7082 4167 7116
4167 7120 4165 7121 4162 7131 4164 7134
4164 7133 4167 7134 4167 7135 4163 7135
4163 7134 4163 7133 4160 7136 4171 7137
4172 7136 4172 7137
$$
HFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 2:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Newport | 89 min |
| Jul 4, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Newport, Washington | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 8:44 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 48 min | |
| Jul 4, 11:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 11:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 66 min | |
| Jul 4, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 3:07 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth | 11 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 67 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.