100  
WGUS41 KBOX 132309  
FLWBOX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
709 PM EDT SUN SEP 13 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING  
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN RHODE ISLAND...  
 
PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON AFFECTING KENT AND PROVIDENCE COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE PAWTUXET RIVER...INCLUDING CRANSTON, SCITUATE RESERVOIR...  
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 200 AM EDT.  
 

 
 
RIC003-007-140600-  
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0008.260913T2309Z-260914T0600Z/  
/CRAR1.1.ER.260913T2251Z.260914T0000Z.260914T0600Z.NO/  
709 PM EDT SUN SEP 13 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TONIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE  
RIVER AS IT FLOWS THROUGH WARWICK AND CRANSTON.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:45 PM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 9.1 FEET  
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER  
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 9.1  
FEET ON 11/06/1955.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4178 7156 4180 7141 4172 7139 4170 7155  
 

 
 
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