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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1000 AM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS FOR...

  KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND

  PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND



* UNTIL 1000 PM EST.



* AT 955 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVERSPREADING KENT AND PROVIDENCE COUNTIES.

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY BY EVENING PRODUCING 

  FLOODING ALONG SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS.



RIVERS AND STREAMS IN RHODE ISLAND WILL RAPIDLY RESPOND TO THE HEAVY 

RAINS LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.  AT 945 AM...THE 

PAWTUXET RIVER IN CRANSTON WAS AT 7.0 FEET...2 FEET BELOW FLOOD 

STAGE.  IT IS RISING RAPIDLY AND FLOODING IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALONG 

THE RIVER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  OTHER SMALL STREAMS AND 

BROOKS IN KENT AND PROVIDENCE COUNTY THAT HAD FLOODING LAST WEEK 

SHOULD ALSO EXPECT FLOODING TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. 



URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE AREA TODAY AND 

SOME ROADWAYS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO

KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO RIVERS AND STREAMS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG

A FLOOD PRONE STREAM NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR

PROPERTY FROM RISING WATERS.



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