NWS Boston/Norton MAFF.W 0009August 3, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Bristol, Bristol, Kent and 2 more, MA and RI
The National Weather Service office in Boston/Norton issued a flash flood warning for Bristol, Bristol, Kent and 2 more in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, which was in force until 11:45 a.m. local time on August 3. It was the 9th flash flood warning the NWS office in Boston/Norton issued in 2026. Massachusetts had 4 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 6 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Massachusetts's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3.5 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Boston/Norton MA
- Area
- Bristol, Bristol, Kent and 2 more
- State
- Massachusetts
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:15 a.m. EDT, August 3, 2026
- Expires
- 11:45 a.m. EDT, August 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBOX FF.W 0009
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWBOX The National Weather Service in Norton has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... West Central Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts... Northwestern Bristol County in Rhode Island... Kent County in Rhode Island... Providence County in Rhode Island... Northeastern Washington County in Rhode Island... * Until 1145 AM EDT. * At 815 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rainfall with 1-2" per hour rainfall rates approaching the Providence area. These rates may persist for an hour or more leading to flash flooding of urban and poor drainage areas. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...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... Providence, Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, Taunton, East Providence, Woonsocket, Coventry, Cumberland, North Providence, West Warwick, Johnston, North Attleborough, North Kingstown, Attleboro, Smithfield, Lincoln, Central Falls, Norton and Bellingham.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.