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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2024, 5:07 AM EST for Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Mar 3, 2024, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2024, 5:07 AM EST (10:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2024, 8:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2024, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
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 10:10 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 8.59 ft at Mar 3, 2024, 9:00 AM EST.
- 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 3:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Washington | 33 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:07 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Washington | 13 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.