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WGUS81 KBOX 172003
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
403 PM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN RHODE
ISLAND...
PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON AFFECTING PROVIDENCE AND KENT COUNTIES.
FOR THE PAWTUXET RIVER...INCLUDING 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 BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 1215 PM
EDT.
RIC003-007-181615-
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/CRAR1.1.ER.260316T2300Z.260318T0000Z.260318T1200Z.NO/
403 PM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.
* 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 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 9.0
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW 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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