4/4/2024 4:20:00 AM until 4/4/2024 4:30:00 PM

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 430 PM EDT.

Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Rhode Island... Wood River At Hope Valley affecting Washington County. For the Wood River...including Hope Valley...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Wood River at Hope Valley. * WHEN...Until early Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...At 7.0 feet, In Richmond, the Wood River blocks sections of Tall Timbers Drive, Leroy Drive, Wood River Circle and Wood River Drive. Dow Field off of Main Street in Hopkinton is substantially flooded. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 3:15 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 4.6 feet. - Bankfull stage is 5.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early this morning to a crest of 7.1 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday evening. - Flood stage is 5.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood