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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 28, 2024Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood warning at Mar 28, 2024, 9:56 PM EDT for Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Mar 29, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2024, 9:56 PM EDT (01:56 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 29, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2024, 9:56 PM EDT
In force: 20 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 01:59 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).

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 Mar 28, 7:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 7:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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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.