Low pressure moving through the mid Atlantic states brought strong southeast winds to parts of southern New England, including the higher elevations of northern Rhode Island where a gust to 58 mph was reported by an amateur radio operator. Several trees were blown down in Foster and Burrillville.
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Low pressure moving through the mid Atlantic states brought strong southeast winds to parts of southern New England, including the higher elevations of northern Rhode Island where a gust to 58 mph was reported by an amateur radio operator. Several trees were blown down in Foster and Burrillville. There were no reports of injuries.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 2, 8:40 PM EST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 840 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... WE ARE STARTING TO SEE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN SHIFT INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. IT EXTENDS IN AN ARC FROM THE MOHAWK AND HUDSON VALLEYS IN NEW YORK STATE INTO WESTERN CT...AND RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST THIS AXIS WILL REMAIN IN A NW/SE ORIENTATION FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE ALIGNING MORE W/E. THIS SHOULD BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO MUCH OF THE LOWER CT VALLEY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...INCLUDING HARTFORD AND WESTFIELD. ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS LIFTING N TOWARD LONG ISLAND SHOULD BECOME ENTRAINED ALONG THIS AXIS AS WELL. FARTHER E...IT IS STILL A TOUGH CALL AS TO HOW FAST THE HEAVIER RAIN ARRIVES...BUT WE DO EXPECT THAT TO OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT. FROM THE 730 PM UPDATE... WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH HAS REMAINED FOCUSED ON NJ...PA AND MUCH OF NY STATE THIS EVENING. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE DRY SLOT BUT ADDITIONAL RAINS ARE LIFTING N ONTO LONG ISLAND AND SHOULD FINALLY OVERSPREAD OUR WESTERN ZONES THIS EVENING. THERE IS STILL SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW THIS MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH TERRAIN...BUT HPCS FORECAST OF UP TO 1.25 THERE SEEMS REASONABLE. RAINFALL DURING PAST 6 HRS (ENDING AT 00Z) HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE ACROSS EASTERN PA WITH UP TO 2.48 AT MT POCONO. A QUICK LOOK AT 18Z MODELS SHOWS ONCE AGAIN GFS IS DOING A BETTER JOB...QUALITATIVELY...WITH ITS AXIS RUNNING THROUGH EASTERN PA AND INTO CENTRAL NY AND BARELY 0.25 INTO WESTERN CT. NAM HAD ITS AXIS A LITTLE TOO FAR E ACROSS NJ AND LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. WHAT MAY END UP OCCURRING IS A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN PUSHES THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WITHIN A 4 TO 6 HOUR WINDOW TONIGHT...BRINGING A QUICK DELUGE OF 0.75 TO 1.50 TO WESTERN ZONES (LESS FARTHER E) AND EXITING COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...SIMILAR TO WHAT IS DEPICTED BY GFS. 21Z RUC FOLLOWS THIS IDEA AS WELL AND OUR 10KM WORKSTATION ETA AGREES TOO...BUT IS EVEN SLOWER IN BRINGING HEAVIER RAIN THROUGH. IMPACT ON RIVERS AND STREAMS IS A TOUGH CALL AS WELL...SINCE THEY HAVE HAD TIME TO RECOVER FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER TODAY. A QUICK REVIEW OF HYDROGRAPHS SHOW MANY OF THE FLASHIER LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY CRESTED AND HAVE BEGUN TO RECEDE...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD TONIGHT WILL BRING THEM BACK UP AGAIN QUICKLY. WE WILL LEAVE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR SMALL STREAMS IN EFFECT. WE ARE COORDINATING WITH NERFC FOR THE EVENING UPDATE ON LARGER RIVERS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. FLOODING STILL APPEARS LIKELY FOR MOST OF THE LARGER RIVERS...BUT CRESTS MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED DOWNWARD SLIGHTLY SINCE WE WILL PROBABLY SEE LOWER RAINFALL AMOUNTS. ALSO OF IMPORTANCE...WE HAVE SEEN STRONG WINDS MATERIALIZE IN NYC AREA DURING PAST FEW HOURS AND GUSTS MAY PICK UP HERE AS HEAVIER RAIN ARRIVES...ESPECIALLY IN WARM SECTOR WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE JUMPED INTO 50S. WE DONT HAVE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO EXPAND WIND ADVISORY FARTHER INLAND...BUT WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON IT. FORECASTS WILL BE UPDATED LATER THIS EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS. && .AVIATION... ALTHOUGH WE ARE SEEING SOME HOLES DEVELOP IN LOW CLOUD DECK OVER EASTERN TERMINALS...THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE SHORT LIVED AND IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR SHOULD PERSIST UNTIL 06-08Z WHEN LOW LEVEL JET EXITS COAST. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TO MVFR SUN...OR EVEN VFR FOR A TIME...BUT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS SHOULD FORM SUN AFTERNOON WITH COLD POOL MOVING OVERHEAD. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 430 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005) ..NEXT ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN ARRIVES THIS EVENING... SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY)... WATCHING NEXT AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN PA/NJ AND DE AS IT TAKES AIM AT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. 12Z GFS CONTINUES ITS EARLIER TREND OF DEPICTING A BREAK IN THE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING. 06 HOUR QPF AND OMEGA FIELDS FROM THE 12Z GFS VERIFYING AT 18Z APPEARS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE THAN THE NAM/ETA ON THE CONFIGURATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN PA/NJ AND DE. THEREFORE...WE FOLLOWED THE 12Z GFS CLOSELY...ESPECIALLY FOR TIMING THIS NEXT SLUG OF HEAVY RAIN. GFS AND NAM/ETA ONLY GIVE THE REGION ANOTHER 1 INCH OF QPF THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WE ARE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THIS IN UNDERDONE...AS SURFACE OBS IN THE HEAVY RAIN TO OUR SOUTH ARE INDICATING HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 0.30 TO 0.40. IN ADDITION...12Z GFS HAS A POTENT 75 KT SE 850 MB JET ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HEAVY RAIN BAND. SO WE BASICALLY INCREASED THE 12Z GFS QPF TO 1.5 BASIN WIDE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...WITH ISOLATED 2.0 ACROSS THE FAVORED UPSLOPE REGIONS (EAST FACING WITH STRONG SE INFLOW) OF CT...RI...EAST SLOPES OF BERKS...WORCESTER HILLS AND INTO THE MONADNOCKS. BULK OF THE HEAVY RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...AS MID LEVEL JET EXITS INTO THE GULF OF ME. AS FOR TEMPS...PREFER THE COOLER FWC NUMBERS AS THE WARM AIR WILL LIKELY BE DELAYED UNTIL THE SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTH OF OUR LATITUDE. MODELS SUGGEST THIS WILL HAPPEN LATE SUNDAY...HOWEVER IT COULD BE EVEN LATER AS SYSTEM IS VERTICALLY STACKED. SO...EXPECT TEMPS TO HOLD IN THE COOL 40S SUNDAY...ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AROUND. LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... A VERTICALLY STACKED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TO THE CANADIAN BORDER SUNDAY NIGHT. LEFTOVER PRECIPITATION WILL GENERALLY FALL AS LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS...THOUGH CRITICAL THICKNESSES WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SOME WET SNOW MIXING IN MAINLY OVER THE INTERIOR HIGH TERRAIN BEFORE IT ENDS AROUND DAYBREAK. CLOUDS WILL LINGER MONDAY AS THE UPPER FLOW REMAINS CYCLONIC AND AS LAPSE RATES STEEPEN. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LEVELS WILL DRY OUT AS SURFACE WINDS INCREASE FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE LAST SHORTWAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL SLIDE ACROSS EASTERN NEW ENGLAND TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW ANTICYCLONIC FLOW TO DEVELOP DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A DOWNSLOPING NORTHWEST FLOW SHOULD BOOST AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 50S. SIMILAR DAYTIME TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE EXPERIENCED WEDNESDAY...THOUGH A WEAKER PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW COOLING SEABREEZES TO DEVELOP NEAR THE COAST. HIGH CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. EXTENDED MODEL GUIDANCE INCLUDING THE GFS AND UKMET HAVE BACKED OFF ON THE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION LATE NEXT WEEK. THE CURRENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL ACT TO SHUNT THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT SYSTEM LATE NEXT WEEK...WITH SLIGHTLY EXTENDED ANTICYCLONIC FLOW PERSISTING ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION THE NEXT SYSTEM DEVELOPS THE CUTOFF FASTER THAN ITS PREDECESSOR. THUS HAVE REMOVED MENTION OF PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND HAVE FOCUSED THE STARTING TIME THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT FOR AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. THEREFORE WILL NEED TO MONITOR THIS EVENT CLOSELY IN FUTURE MODEL RUNS. AVIATION... LLWS UNTIL ABOUT 06-08Z...THEN LOW AND MID LEVEL JET EXITS INTO THE GULF OF ME. WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS TONIGHT...WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO MVFR SUNDAY. MARINE... IN THE SHORT RANGE...MARGINAL SOUTHEAST GALES (34 KT)TONIGHT...THEN WINDS EASING TOWARD MORNING. WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM THE SOUTHEAST SUN. IN THE LONGER TERM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL PERSIST MONDAY DUE TO LEFTOVER SOUTHERLY SWELL. SOUTHERLY SWELLS WILL REDEVELOP THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEM. HYDROLOGY... FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY. NEXT ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN TO YIELD AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF QPF. THIS COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS MORNING...SNOW MELT ACROSS NORTHERN/CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND AND INITIAL HIGH FLOWS WILL CONTINUE THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT SMALL STREAM AND MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING. BELIEVE MOST OF REGION AT RISK...BUT ESPECIALLY SO CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN WHERE ANTICIPATE MAY SEE HIGHER QPF VALUES (AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES POSSIBLE). IN ADDITION...EXPECT WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND CONSIDERABLE BASEMENT FLOODING WITH HIGH WATER TABLES. && .BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...FLOOD WATCH FOR CTZ002>004 UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY. MA...FLOOD WATCH FOR MAZ002>021-026 UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY. ...WIND ADVISORY FOR MAZ022>024 FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 7 AM SUNDAY. NH...FLOOD WATCH FOR NHZ011-012-015 UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY. RI...FLOOD WATCH FOR RIZ001>007 UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY. ...WIND ADVISORY FOR RIZ008 FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 7 AM SUNDAY. MARINE...GALE WARNING TONIGHT ALL WATERS EXCEPT SCA BOSTON HARBOR. && SHORT TERM...JWD/AED AVIATION...JWD HYDROLOGY...JWD/DRV
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 645 AM EST SAT APR 2 2005 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-031100- BARNSTABLE MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-BRISTOL RI-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-DUKES MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- EASTERN KENT RI-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-HARTFORD CT- NANTUCKET MA-NEWPORT RI-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-TOLLAND CT- WASHINGTON RI-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN KENT RI-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-WINDHAM CT- 645 AM EST SAT APR 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE... MASSACHUSETTS EAST OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...AND ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES...CAUSING FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. VERY SERIOUS...WIDESPREAD FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS IS EXPECTED...AND COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON...OR MORE LIKELY TONIGHT ESPECIALLY ON THOSE STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT RESPOND QUICKLY TO HEAVY RAINFALL. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF FLOOD WARNINGS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF/WHEN A WARNING IS ISSUED. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD REPORT ANY FLOODING TO NWS TAUNTON OFFICE. A GALE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN TO MONTAUK POINT AS WELL AS THE SOUTH COASTAL SOUNDS AND BUZZARDS BAY FOR INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT. SEAS ON THE OUTER WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD UP TO 15 FEET. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT FOR CAPE COD... NANTUCKET...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS MAY ALSO CAUSE MINOR SPLASHOVER ALONG VULNERABLE SOUTHEAST FACING SHORELINES AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY)... A VERY SERIOUS...WIDESPREAD MAIN STEM RIVER FLOOD EVENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE FLOODING THAT IS LIKELY TO OCCUR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE MOST SEVERE SINCE THE MAJOR FLOODS OF EARLY APRIL 1987 ALONG THE CONNECTICUT...BLACKSTONE...CHARLES...PAWTUXET AND NEPONSET BASINS AND COULD RIVAL THE FLOODS OF OCTOBER 1996 FOR MUCH OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY BASED ON CURRENT EXPECTATIONS OF RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOWMELT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING. MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL LIKELY RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. SOME LOCATIONS... WITH THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND MONADNOCKS PRIME CANDIDATES...MAY RECEIVE UP TO 5 INCHES. THE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND SMALL TO MEDIUM RIVERS ALREADY SWOLLEN WITH RUNOFF FROM THE LAST RAIN EVENT. FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER TO REACH OR EVEN EXCEED THE APRIL 1987 CREST OF 25.6 FEET. PREPARATIONS CONSISTENT WITH A POTENTIAL MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOOD ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER SHOULD BE NEAR COMPLETION. A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AND POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN THURSDAY AND/OR FRIDAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA...BUT A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THAT EVENT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL COMMENCE AT 1 PM TO SUPPORT HYDROLOGIC WARNING OPERATIONS. EVT
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