The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for the Providence Metro Area until 1230pm on Wednesday. Heavy rain began falling late at night, and is likely to continue through the morning. Street flooding was expected to begin as more than one inch of rain has fallen in just a few hours. A Flash Flood Warning is also in effect Wednesday morning for most of Eastern Connecticut. See more below from the National Weather Service in Taunton, MA. Follow the rain on the Interactive Radar.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 830 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... SOUTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... * UNTIL 1230 PM EDT * AT 827 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE URBAN AREAS OF CRANSTON AND WARWICK RHODE ISLAND...WHICH WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNFICANT STREET FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PROVIDENCE...WARWICK...CRANSTON...PAWTUCKET...EAST PROVIDENCE... COVENTRY...NORTH PROVIDENCE...WEST WARWICK...JOHNSTON...NORTH KINGSTOWN...SMITHFIELD...BARRINGTON...SEEKONK...EAST GREENWICH... SCITUATE...GLOCESTER AND WEST GREENWICH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. IN URBAN AREAS AVOID FLOODED ROADS AND OBEY ROAD CLOSURES. THOSE NEAR SMALL STREAMS MUST HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. &&
