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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
321 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
NEWPORT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.
* AT 321 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...RAPID RISES OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, AS WELL AS
FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-
LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WARWICK, COVENTRY, SOUTH KINGSTOWN, WEST WARWICK, NORTH KINGSTOWN,
NEWPORT, BRISTOL, WESTERLY, PORTSMOUTH, MIDDLETOWN, NARRAGANSETT,
TIVERTON, EAST GREENWICH, HOPKINTON, CHARLESTOWN, RICHMOND,
EXETER, WEST GREENWICH, JAMESTOWN AND LITTLE COMPTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4147 7175 4158 7169 4165 7158 4168 7149
4169 7142 4168 7136 4167 7131 4165 7130
4167 7129 4167 7128 4164 7126 4166 7125
4166 7124 4164 7121 4148 7114 4142 7116
4136 7135 4132 7173 4136 7176
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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