Flood Warning
NWS Boston/Norton MA ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 1 PM EDT This Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Urban areas and small streams flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Eastern Norfolk County in eastern Massachusetts... Southwestern Suffolk County in eastern Massachusetts... North Central Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts... Northwestern Plymouth County in southeastern Massachusetts...
When
Until 100 PM EDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
Additional details
- At 956 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Boston, Brockton, Quincy, Weymouth, Braintree, Randolph, Norwood, Milton, Stoughton, Bridgewater, Marshfield, Dedham, Walpole, Easton, Hingham and Canton. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Affected areas
- Bristol County, MA
- Norfolk County, MA
- Plymouth County, MA
- Suffolk County, MA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~41s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3HJENW1SSMS8CD70NCKPKMQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aecf0539300e114c666f8e4528e286f98196e39b.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.2484
- 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 | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWBOX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS41 KBOX 271356 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KBOX.FA.W.0003.260927T1356Z-260927T1700Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T13:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Bristol County, MA
- Norfolk County, MA
- Plymouth County, MA
- Suffolk County, MA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 025005 |
| SAME | 025021 |
| SAME | 025023 |
| SAME | 025025 |
| UGC | MAC005 |
| UGC | MAC021 |
| UGC | MAC023 |
| UGC | MAC025 |
- Polygons
- 42.28,-71.19 42.35,-71.05 42.16,-70.83 42.12,-70.73 42.09,-70.74 41.96,-71.05 42.08,-71.21 42.22,-71.32 42.26,-71.23 42.28,-71.19