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GoLocalProv | News | National Weather Service: Flood Watch in Effect Until Tuesday Morning in RI
Monday, August 14, 2023
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The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for Tuesday morning for Rhode Island
* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
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* WHERE…Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts.
* WHEN…From 2 AM EDT Tuesday through noon Tuesday.
* IMPACTS…Showers and a few embedded thunderstorms with torrential rainfall are expected toward daybreak Tuesday into Tuesday morning.
A quick 1-2 inches of rain with localized 3-inch amounts are possible. The bulk of this rain may occur in just 2 hours…possibly coinciding with part of the Tuesday morning rush hour.
This may result in pockets of significant street flooding, particularly in vulnerable urban centers.
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, southeastern Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
.DAY ONE…Tonight.
Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards.
Flood Watch.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…Tuesday through Sunday.
Flood Watch.
Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-
Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-
Nantucket MA-Northwest Providence RI-Southeast Providence RI-
Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport
RI-Block Island RI-
Including the cities of Taunton, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River,
New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown,
Vineyard Haven, Nantucket, Foster, Smithfield, Providence,
Coventry, West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick,
Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, Newport, and New Shoreham
333 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023
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