A second straight day of locally heavy rain led to flash flooding in parts of Southern New England on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2013. The hardest hit areas were in CT and RI, with Kent and Providence Counties experiencing street and river flooding after roughly 3″ of rain fell on an area that had received 2-5″ rain just a day earlier. The Pawtuxet River rose very quickly cresting at 9.79 feet (flood stage 9 feet) at 8 pm Monday evening. By Tuesday morning the river had receded to below flood stage.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
606 PM EDT MON SEP 02 2013
THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 25
HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION
IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN
SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE
ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON
********************STORM TOTAL RAINFALL********************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
RAINFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
CONNECTICUT
...HARTFORD COUNTY...
NEW BRITAIN 1.80 1210 PM 9/02 IN LESS THAN AN HOUR
BRISTOL 1.50 1155 AM 9/02 FELL IN 35 MINUTES
1 WNW WINDSOR LOCKS 1.01 215 PM 9/02 18 HOUR RAINFALL
...TOLLAND COUNTY...
STAFFORDVILLE 0.92 902 PM 9/01 NONE
...WINDHAM COUNTY...
ASHFORD 0.12 138 PM 9/02 TRAINED SPOTTER
MASSACHUSETTS
...NORFOLK COUNTY...
NORWOOD 2.80 700 AM 9/02 NWS EMPLOYEE
...WORCESTER COUNTY...
SPENCER 1.30 119 PM 9/02 EMERGENCY MNGR
NEW HAMPSHIRE
...CHESHIRE COUNTY...
WALPOLE 3.41 739 AM 9/02 NONE
NORTH WALPOLE 2.05 708 AM 9/02 HAM RADIO
...HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...
SOUTH WEARE 2.00 1015 PM 9/01 TRAINED SPOTTER
GOFFSTOWN 1.43 720 PM 9/01 HAM RADIO
RHODE ISLAND
...KENT COUNTY...
WEST GREENWICH 4.00 334 PM 9/02 AMATEUR RADIO
COVENTRY 3.46 334 PM 9/02 HAM RADIO
WEST WARWICK 3.12 232 PM 9/02 HAM RADIO
WARWICK 2.90 404 PM 9/02 NONE
2 NNW WARWICK 2.17 216 PM 9/02 18 HOUR RAINFALL
...PROVIDENCE COUNTY...
CRANSTON 3.45 237 PM 9/02 TRAINED SPOTTER
...WASHINGTON COUNTY...
HOPE VALLEY 3.52 251 PM 9/02 TRAINED SPOTTER
NORTH KINGSTOWN 2.08 256 PM 9/02 NONE
RICHMOND 1.52 709 AM 9/02 HAM RADIO
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