NWS Boston/Norton MAFF.W 0001June 23, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Bristol, Plymouth and Newport, MA and RI
The National Weather Service office in Boston/Norton issued a flash flood warning for Bristol, Plymouth and Newport in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, which was in force until 8:15 a.m. local time on June 23. It was the 1st flash flood warning the NWS office in Boston/Norton issued in 2026. Massachusetts had 1 flash flood warning in June 2026, against 3 in an average June of 2008-2025 (Massachusetts's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3.1 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, Plymouth and Newport
- State
- Massachusetts
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:07 a.m. EDT, June 23, 2026
- Expires
- 8:15 a.m. EDT, June 23, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBOX FF.W 0001
- 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... Southeastern Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts... Southwestern Plymouth County in southeastern Massachusetts... Newport County in Rhode Island... * Until 815 AM EDT. * At 507 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Excessive runoff will cause street flooding and rapid rises on streams and creeks in the warned area. Urbanized street flooding is likely in Fall River and New Bedford. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... New Bedford, Fall River, Dartmouth, Newport, Bristol, Middleborough, Somerset, Portsmouth, Middletown, Fairhaven, Swansea, Tiverton, Westport, Lakeville, Acushnet, Freetown, Mattapoisett, Rochester and Little Compton.
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.