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Thursday, October 13, 2022
Latest flooding in Windfall. PHOTO: Jim Taylor
The Nationwide Climate Service has issued a flood look ahead to elements of Rhode Island.
The advisory is in impact from 8 PM Thursday night time by means of Friday morning.
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FLOOD WATCH
Nationwide Climate Service Boston/Norton MA
245 PM EDT Thu Oct 13 2022
Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA-Jap Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA-Jap Hampshire MA-Jap Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA-Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Windfall RI-Southeast Windfall RI-Western Kent RI-Jap Kent RI-Washington RI-
Together with the cities of West Warwick, Greenfield, West Greenwich, Willimantic, Orange, Windsor Locks, Foster, Windfall, Hartford, Fitchburg, Vernon, East Greenwich, Chesterfield, Charlemont, Warwick, Ayer, Springfield, Coventry, Barre, Northampton, Amherst, Putnam, Union, Milford, Narragansett, Westerly, Worcester, Smithfield, and Blandford
245 PM EDT Thu Oct 13 2022
…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING…
* WHAT…Flooding brought on by extreme rainfall is feasible.
* WHERE…Parts of northern Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, together with the next areas, in northern Connecticut,
Hartford CT, Tolland CT and Windham CT. In Massachusetts, Jap
Franklin MA, Jap Hampden MA, Jap Hampshire MA, Northern
Middlesex MA, Northern Worcester MA, Southern Worcester MA,
Western Franklin MA, Western Hampden MA and Western Hampshire MA.
In Rhode Island, Jap Kent RI, Northwest Windfall RI,
Southeast Windfall RI, Washington RI and Western Kent RI.
* WHEN…From 8 PM EDT this night by means of Friday morning.
* IMPACTS…Extreme runoff might end in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and different low-lying and flood-prone areas.
Creeks and streams might rise out of their banks. Flooding might happen
in poor drainage and concrete areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– Heavy rainfall
– http://www.climate.gov/security/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
It is best to monitor later forecasts and be alert for potential Flood
Warnings. These residing in areas vulnerable to flooding must be ready
to take motion ought to flooding develop.
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