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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 3, 2024Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2024, 3:39 AM EST for Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Mar 3, 2024, 3:44 AM EST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2024, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2024, 3:44 AM EST
Expired
Mar 4, 2024, 12:42 PM EST
In force
33 hr
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 08:39 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 Wood River at Hope Valley (HOPR1). The gauge peaked at 6.04 ft at Mar 3, 2024, 5:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
4.5 ft
Minor stage
5 ft
Moderate stage
7 ft
Major stage
9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01118000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 5:07 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBOXKent, Providence47 hr
Mar 3, 5:07 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBOXWashington13 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 2024Every river flood warning in 2024

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.