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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 23, 2024Worcester County, Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood warning at Mar 23, 2024, 10:21 PM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Mar 24, 2024, 10:15 AM EDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2024, 10:21 PM EDT (02:21 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 24, 2024, 10:15 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 25, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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 Blackstone River at Woonsocket (WOOR1). The gauge peaked at 7.63 ft at Mar 24, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01112500, 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 Mar 23, 10:13 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 10:13 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 6:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
602 PM EDT Sat Mar 23 2024

MAZ017-RIZ002-004-232330-
Northern Bristol MA-Eastern Kent RI-Southeast Providence RI-
602 PM EDT Sat Mar 23 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central
Bristol, northeastern Kent and southeastern Providence Counties
through 730 PM EDT
...

At 559 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of heavy rainfall
moving across the greater Providence metro area. This rainfall may
result in poor drainage flooding of urban areas.

HAZARD...Minor flooding.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor nuisance flooding of typically flood prone areas.

Locations impacted include...
Providence, Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence, North
Providence, West Warwick, Johnston, Attleboro, Central Falls,
Barrington, and Seekonk.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roads or underpasses. Avoid low lying
areas near small streams.

&&

LAT...LON 4172 7154 4173 7153 4174 7155 4183 7157
      4186 7155 4188 7139 4190 7138 4190 7134
      4182 7134 4178 7132 4175 7135 4168 7135
      4165 7140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 220DEG 4KT 4179 7149

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Belk

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 7:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
743 PM EDT Sat Mar 23 2024

MAZ005-007-013>016-019-240115-
Eastern Essex MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Suffolk MA-Western Norfolk MA-
Central Middlesex County MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-
Southeast Middlesex MA-
743 PM EDT Sat Mar 23 2024

...Heavy rainfall will impact portions of southeastern Essex,
northeastern Norfolk, Suffolk, southeastern Middlesex and north
central Plymouth Counties through 915 PM EDT
...

At 743 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of heavy rainfall
approaching the Greater Boston metro area. Rainfall rates could be
as high as 2.0 inches per hour.

HAZARD...Minor flooding.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor nuisance flooding of typically flood prone areas.

Locations impacted include...
Boston, Cambridge, Quincy, Lynn, Newton, Somerville, Waltham, Malden,
Brookline, Medford, Weymouth, Revere, Peabody, Arlington, Everett,
Salem, Beverly, Woburn, Braintree, and Chelsea.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roads or underpasses. Avoid low lying
areas near small streams.

&&

LAT...LON 4265 7054 4238 7095 4226 7072 4208 7112
      4225 7131 4242 7129 4272 7062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 243DEG 45KT 4295 7015

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Belk

Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
822 PM EDT Sat Mar 23 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0816 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg Leverett                42.45N 72.50W
03/23/2024                   Franklin           MA   Dept of Highways

            Tree and wires down on Route 63 at Montague.

0817 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg Leverett                42.45N 72.50W
03/23/2024                   Franklin           MA   Dept of Highways

            Tree down on near Pleasant Street.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 1:29 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		5 days
Mar 24, 5:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	9 days
Mar 24, 6:20 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		56 hr
Mar 23, 9:42 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Washington	67 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 2024 River Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 2024 Every 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.