Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
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981 WWUS81 KBOX 160935 SPSBOX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 535 AM EDT Thu May 16 2024 CTZ004-MAZ017-020-021-RIZ001>007-161100- Windham CT-Northern Bristol MA-Southern Bristol MA- Southern Plymouth MA-Northwest Providence RI-Bristol RI- Washington RI-Eastern Kent RI-Western Kent RI-Newport RI- Southeast Providence RI- 535 AM EDT Thu May 16 2024 ...Areas of locally heavy rain will impact portions of eastern Windham, southern Plymouth, southern Bristol, northeastern Washington, Newport, Kent, southern Providence and Bristol Counties through 700 AM EDT... At 530 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of heavy downpours from Killingly CT to East Greenwich to Mattapoisett, moving slowly to the northwest. HAZARD...Minor flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor nuisance flooding of typically flood prone areas. Difficult travel during the Thursday morning commute, especially in Providence, Fall River and New Bedford. Locations impacted include... Providence, New Bedford, Fall River, Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence, Coventry, Dartmouth, North Providence, South Kingstown, West Warwick, Johnston, North Kingstown, Newport, Bristol, Somerset, Portsmouth, Barrington, and Middletown. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roads or underpasses. Avoid low lying areas near small streams. && LAT...LON 4172 7183 4189 7136 4160 7077 4145 7102 4143 7142 4139 7145 TIME...MOT...LOC 0930Z 135DEG 5KT 4164 7151 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH $$ Loconto