390  
WGUS41 KBOX 120144  
FLWBOX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
844 PM EST WED DEC 11 2024  
 
...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 THURSDAY MORNING AT 830 AM EST.  
 

 
 
RIC003-007-121330-  
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0068.241212T0531Z-241212T1330Z/  
/CRAR1.1.ER.241212T0531Z.241212T0600Z.241212T0730Z.NO/  
844 PM EST WED DEC 11 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TOMORROW MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE  
RIVER AS IT FLOWS THROUGH WARWICK AND CRANSTON.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 PM EST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE. IT WILL THEN FALL  
BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9.1 FEET  
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE  
THEREAFTER.  
- 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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