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WGUS61 KBOX 110738  
FFABOX  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
338 AM EDT THU APR 11 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON MA HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN RHODE ISLAND...  
 
PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON AFFECTING SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI,  
EASTERN KENT RI, NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI AND WESTERN KENT RI  
ZONES.  
 
WOOD RIVER AT HOPE VALLEY AFFECTING WASHINGTON RI ZONE.  
 
FOR THE PAWTUXET RIVER...INCLUDING SCITUATE RESERVOIR, CRANSTON...  
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
FOR THE WOOD RIVER...INCLUDING HOPE VALLEY...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 545 PM EDT.  
 

 
 
RIZ006-112145-  
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.A.0007.240412T2200Z-000000T0000Z/  
/HOPR1.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
338 AM EDT THU APR 11 2024  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...WOOD RIVER AT HOPE VALLEY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, IN RICHMOND, THE WOOD RIVER RENDERS  
PORTIONS OF WOOD RIVER DRIVE AND WOOD RIVER CIRCLE IMPASSABLE. IN  
HOPKINTON, THE WOOD RIVER FLOODS SECTIONS OF DOW PARK OFF OF MAIN  
STREET.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 3:15 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.3 FEET.  
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED TOMORROW EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4143 7176 4160 7174 4160 7163 4144 7164  
 

 
 
RIZ001>004-112145-  
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.A.0008.240413T0900Z-000000T0000Z/  
/CRAR1.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
338 AM EDT THU APR 11 2024  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE  
RIVER AS IT FLOWS THROUGH WARWICK AND CRANSTON.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:45 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4178 7156 4180 7141 4172 7139 4170 7155  
 

 
 
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