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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 11, 2024Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood warning at Jan 11, 2024, 4:25 AM EST for Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2024, 4:25 AM EST (09:25 UTC)
Expired: Feb 1, 2024, 4:25 AM EST
In force: 21 days
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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 Pawcatuck above Wood River Junction (WODR1). The gauge peaked at 6.04 ft at Jan 14, 2024, 2:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 4.5 ft
Minor stage: 5 ft
Moderate stage: 6.5 ft
Major stage: 8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01117500, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Jan 11, 3:44 AM EST, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 3:44 AM EST, 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 3:23 AM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	24 hr
Jan 11, 3:26 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	24 hr
Jan 11, 3:33 AM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		24 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.