Flash Flood Warning
NWS Boston/Norton MA ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 26 At 3:49PM EDT Until September 26 At 6:45PM EDT By NWS Boston/Norton MA
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWBOX The National Weather Service in Norton has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts... South Central Plymouth County in southeastern Massachusetts... Newport County in Rhode Island... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 349 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... New Bedford, Fall River, Dartmouth, Newport, Bristol, Marion, Middleborough, Wareham, Somerset, Portsmouth, Middletown, Fairhaven, Tiverton, Westport, Acushnet, Freetown, Mattapoisett, Rochester, Little Compton and Prudence Island.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Bristol County, MA
- Plymouth County, MA
- Newport County, RI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~22s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3FM7QPY68SJ127HN0KDS4D7
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a8e0e0e3bd1efe7913e64e4400fb007fdf8e84b0.001.1
- 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.2796
- 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 | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWBOX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS51 KBOX 261949 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0014.260926T1949Z-260926T2245Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T18:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Bristol County, MA
- Plymouth County, MA
- Newport County, RI
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 025005 |
| SAME | 025023 |
| SAME | 044005 |
| UGC | MAC005 |
| UGC | MAC023 |
| UGC | RIC005 |
- Polygons
- 41.64,-71.33 41.67,-71.28 41.64,-71.26 41.66,-71.25 41.67,-71.24 41.69,-71.24 41.75,-71.12 41.8,-70.85 41.69,-70.69 41.53,-70.89 41.42,-71.36 41.64,-71.33