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River Flood Warning 70, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 12, 2024Washington County, Rhode Island; Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood warning at Dec 12, 2024, 4:26 AM EST for Washington County, Rhode Island; Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Dec 12, 2024, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2024, 4:26 AM EST (09:26 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 12, 2024, 10:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 14, 2024, 6:36 PM EST
In force: 57 hr
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 09:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pawcatuck at Westerly (WSTR1).

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 Dec 12, 3:48 AM EST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 3:48 AM EST, 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 11, 10:43 PM EST, 5 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 11, 10:04 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk	56 min
Dec 11, 10:42 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		16 hr
Dec 12, 6:09 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		40 hr
Dec 12, 9:32 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		5 hr
Dec 11, 8:44 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Kent, Providence	16 hr
Dec 11, 9:30 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Washington	31 hr

Nearby

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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.