Coastal Flood Advisory
NWS Boston/Norton MA ยท US
Details
Coastal Flood Advisory In Effect From 5 PM This Afternoon To 8 PM EDT Sunday
- Event
- Coastal Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Monitor
Description
What
Up to one foot of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways (6.9 to 7.4 feet Mean Lower Low Water).
Where
Southeast Providence RI, Eastern Kent RI and Bristol RI Counties.
When
From 5 PM this afternoon to 8 PM EDT Sunday.
Impacts
Splashover and Minor coastal flooding is expected in the lowest lying areas along the south coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts over multiple high tide cycles late today through this weekend. A few immediate coastal roads may briefly flood due to wave action. In addition...minor beach erosion is also possible.
Instructions
If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property.
Affected areas
- Southeast Providence
- Eastern Kent
- Bristol County, RI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~58s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3C4R2ZSHP2DB8GPYMW70DJ9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.76ef1683913f683c323dff93dbf483db80775d54.002.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPBOX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.9333
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | CFY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWBOX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS41 KBOX 251120 |
| NWSheadline | COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXA.KBOX.CF.Y.0008.260925T2100Z-260928T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Southeast Providence
- Eastern Kent
- Bristol County, RI
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 044007 |
| SAME | 044003 |
| SAME | 044001 |
| UGC | RIZ002 |
| UGC | RIZ004 |
| UGC | RIZ005 |