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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 22, 2025Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood warning at May 22, 2025, 4:30 PM EDT for Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It took effect at May 23, 2025, 6:30 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2025, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
In effect from: May 23, 2025, 6:30 AM EDT
Expired: May 23, 2025, 11:13 AM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Pawtuxet River at Cranston (CRAR1). The gauge peaked at 8.51 ft at May 24, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01116500, 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 May 21, 7:21 PM EDT, 21 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 7:21 PM EDT, 21 hours 9 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.