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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 2, 2024Bristol County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood watch at Apr 2, 2024, 12:22 PM EDT for Bristol County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2024, 12:22 PM EDT (16:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2024, 12:22 PM EDT
In force
21 days
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bristol County, MA, Plymouth County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 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 Taunton River near Bridgewater (BDGM3). The gauge peaked at 9.43 ft at Apr 6, 2024, 2:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
7.5 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01108000, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Apr 2, 10:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 10:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 3:13 AM EDTGale WarningBOX11 hr
Apr 2, 12:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WatchBOXMiddlesex, Norfolk24 hr
Apr 2, 2:00 PM EDTHigh Wind WatchBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more14 hr
Apr 2, 2:08 PM EDTStorm WatchBOX14 hr
Apr 2, 2:08 PM EDTStorm WarningBOX46 hr
Apr 2, 2:14 PM EDTCoastal Flood WatchBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more25 hr
Apr 2, 12:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WatchBOXWashington21 days
Apr 2, 12:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WatchBOXKent, Providence21 days
Apr 2, 12:30 PM EDTRiver Flood WatchBOXWashington21 days

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2024Every river flood watch 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.