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WGUS71 KBOX 131622
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1222 PM EDT SUN SEP 13 2026
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BRISTOL MA-BRISTOL RI-KENT RI-NEWPORT RI-PROVIDENCE RI-WASHINGTON
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1222 PM EDT SUN SEP 13 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN BRISTOL MA, BRISTOL RI, KENT, NEWPORT,
SOUTHERN PROVIDENCE AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 1222 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND RAIN GAUGES.
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, FALL RIVER, WARWICK, CRANSTON, EAST PROVIDENCE,
COVENTRY, DARTMOUTH, NORTH PROVIDENCE, SOUTH KINGSTOWN, WEST
WARWICK, JOHNSTON, NORTH KINGSTOWN, NEWPORT, BRISTOL, SOMERSET,
PORTSMOUTH, BARRINGTON, MIDDLETOWN, NARRAGANSETT AND SWANSEA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 4174 7179 4184 7179 4184 7139 4177 7103
4151 7101 4145 7130 4146 7179
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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