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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
645 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON MA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN RHODE ISLAND...
WOOD RIVER AT HOPE VALLEY AFFECTING WASHINGTON COUNTY.
FOR THE WOOD RIVER...INCLUDING HOPE VALLEY...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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 200 PM EDT.
RIC009-041800-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0007.260804T1045Z-260804T1800Z/
/HOPR1.1.ER.260804T0800Z.260804T1015Z.260804T1200Z.UU/
645 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WOOD RIVER AT HOPE VALLEY.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS AFTERNOON.
* 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 6:15 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 6:15 AM EDT TUESDAY WAS 5.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 2.9 FEET EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4143 7176 4160 7174 4160 7163 4144 7164
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