Flash Flood, Providence
- When
- January 24, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Providence County, Cranston
- Coordinates
- 41.871, -71.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Rhode Island, January 24, 1998
In Cranston, the Pocasset River overflowed its banks, flooding a local road with 2 feet of water between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM on January 24th. Later, between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM, flooding was reported along the Woonasquatucket River in North Providence.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
In Cranston, the Pocasset River overflowed its banks, flooding a local road with 2 feet of water between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM on January 24th. Later, between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM, flooding was reported along the Woonasquatucket River in North Providence. There were no reports of property damage. The flooding was in response to heavy rainfall which occurred throughout Providence County. Total 24-hour reports included 3.50 inches of rain at Clayville and 3.61 inches in downtown Providence. As much as 3 inches fell during a 12-hour period.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Maine, January 24 to 25, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 24 to 31, 1998
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 24 to 25, 1998
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Maine, January 24, 1998
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 24, 1998
- Flood in New Jersey, January 24 to 25, 1998
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 24, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, January 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, January 24, 1998
- Tropical Storm in American Samoa, January 24 to 26, 1998
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 24, 1998
More
Every storm in Rhode Island in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Rhode Island, January 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5635731.