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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
815 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT.
* AT 815 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL WITH 1-2"
PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING THE PROVIDENCE AREA. THESE
RATES MAY PERSIST FOR AN HOUR OR MORE LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF
URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PROVIDENCE, WARWICK, CRANSTON, PAWTUCKET, TAUNTON, EAST
PROVIDENCE, WOONSOCKET, COVENTRY, CUMBERLAND, NORTH PROVIDENCE,
WEST WARWICK, JOHNSTON, NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, NORTH KINGSTOWN,
ATTLEBORO, SMITHFIELD, LINCOLN, CENTRAL FALLS, NORTON AND
BELLINGHAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4171 7179 4202 7148 4192 7111 4166 7134
4165 7134 4153 7145 4164 7179
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
RM
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