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WGUS81 KBOX 240010
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
810 PM EDT MON MAR 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN RHODE
ISLAND...
PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON AFFECTING PROVIDENCE AND KENT 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON EDT.
RIC003-007-241600-
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810 PM EDT MON MAR 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* 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 7:45 PM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 9.3 FEET EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
- 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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