Alert archive / Rhode Island / River Flood Warnings in 2024

River Flood Warning 44, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 26, 2024Washington County, Rhode Island; Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood warning at Mar 26, 2024, 9:25 PM EDT for Washington County, Rhode Island; Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Mar 27, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 26, 2024, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 27, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 16, 2024, 9:25 PM EDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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 at Westerly (WSTR1). The gauge peaked at 7.68 ft at Apr 5, 2024, 12:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01118500, 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 26, 7:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 7:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 3:07 PM EDT	Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more	39 hr
Mar 27, 12:13 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	BOX	Washington	26 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 2024 River Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 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.