965  
WGUS81 KBOX 130336  
FLSBOX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
1036 PM EST THU DEC 12 2024  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN RHODE  
ISLAND...  
 
WOOD RIVER AT HOPE VALLEY AFFECTING WASHINGTON COUNTY.  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN RHODE  
ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...  
 
PAWCATUCK RIVER AT WESTERLY AFFECTING WASHINGTON AND NEW LONDON  
COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE PAWCATUCK RIVER...INCLUDING WESTERLY, WOOD RIVER JUNCTION...  
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 500 AM EST.  
 

 
 
RIC009-131000-  
/O.EXT.KBOX.FL.W.0069.000000T0000Z-241213T0949Z/  
/HOPR1.1.ER.241212T0317Z.241212T1600Z.241213T0349Z.UU/  
1036 PM EST THU DEC 12 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...WOOD RIVER AT HOPE VALLEY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 5.0 FEET, IN RICHMOND, FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO POND ONTO  
WOOD RIVER DRIVE. IN HOPKINTON OFF OF MAIN STREET, THE WOOD RIVER  
BEGINS TO FLOOD DOW PARK.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:15 PM EST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 9:15 PM EST THURSDAY WAS 6.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 3.1 FEET SUNDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

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

 
 
CTC011-RIC009-131545-  
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0070.000000T0000Z-241213T2100Z/  
/WSTR1.1.ER.241212T1022Z.241212T2145Z.241213T1500Z.UU/  
1036 PM EST THU DEC 12 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...PAWCATUCK RIVER AT WESTERLY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, FLOODWATERS APPROACH LOWEST LYING HOMES  
ALONG HISCOX ROAD IN WESTERLY. ALONG ROUTE 3, FLOODING OCCURS AT  
SOME HOMES IN FRENCH VILLAGE IN HOPKINTON.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:00 PM EST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 10:00 PM EST THURSDAY WAS 8.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATE TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 6.1 FEET SUNDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4134 7189 4144 7188 4146 7177 4135 7174  
4131 7185  
 

 
 
FRANK  
 
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