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WGUS41 KBOX 222030
FLWBOX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
430 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2025
...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 PROVIDENCE AND KENT COUNTIES.
FOR THE PAWTUXET RIVER...INCLUDING SCITUATE RESERVOIR, CRANSTON...
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 EDT.
RIC003-007-230900-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0014.250523T1030Z-250524T1312Z/
/CRAR1.1.ER.250523T1030Z.250523T1800Z.250524T0712Z.NO/
430 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO LATE SATURDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
* 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 3:45 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 9.6 FEET EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE 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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