4/4/2024 11:56:00 AM until 4/5/2024

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 515 PM EDT.

Observed flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Connecticut... Connecticut River At Middle Haddam affecting Middlesex County. ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Rhode Island...Connecticut...Massachusetts... Pawtuxet River At Cranston affecting Providence and Kent Counties. Pawcatuck River At Westerly affecting Washington and New London Counties. Wood River At Hope Valley affecting Washington County. Charles River At Dover affecting Norfolk and Middlesex Counties. Pawcatuck River At Wood River Junction affecting Washington County. ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Massachusetts... Taunton River Near Bridgewater affecting Bristol and Plymouth Counties. For the Charles River...including Dover...Minor flooding is forecast. For the Pawtuxet River...including Scituate Reservoir, Cranston... Moderate flooding is forecast. For the Pawcatuck River...including Wood River Junction, Westerly... Minor flooding is forecast. For the Taunton River...including Bridgewater...Minor flooding is forecast. For the Wood River...including Hope Valley...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Pawtuxet River at Cranston. * WHEN...Until early Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...At 11.0 feet, Structures and homes are impacted in low lying sections of Warwick. Affected areas include homes and businesses on Wellington Avenue and Avery Road in Cranston, as well as Pioneer Avenue, Bellows Street, Venturi Avenue and a portion of River Street in Warwick. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:45 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 9.7 feet. - Bankfull stage is 9.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 10:45 AM EDT Thursday was 9.7 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 11.0 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday evening. - Flood stage is 9.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood