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WGUS41 KBOX 231535
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1135 AM EDT MON MAR 23 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON MA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN RHODE ISLAND...
PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON AFFECTING KENT AND PROVIDENCE COUNTIES.
FOR THE PAWTUXET RIVER...INCLUDING CRANSTON, SCITUATE RESERVOIR...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1145 PM EDT.
RIC003-007-240345-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0006.260323T2315Z-260325T2100Z/
/CRAR1.1.ER.260323T2315Z.260324T0600Z.260325T1500Z.NO/
1135 AM EDT MON MAR 23 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.5 FEET, PARKING LOTS AND ROADS ARE FLOODED IN LOW
LYING AREAS OF WARWICK AND CRANSTON NEAR THE PAWTUXET RIVER.
IMPACTED ROADS INCLUDE RIVER STREET, PIONEER AVENUE, BELLOWS
STREET AND VENTURI AVENUE IN WARWICK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:45 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 9.5 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4178 7156 4180 7141 4172 7139 4170 7155
FRANK
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