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WWUS81 KBOX 212216
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
616 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

MAZ017>022-RIZ001>007-212345-
Southern Plymouth MA-Western Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-
Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Northern Bristol MA-
Eastern Kent RI-Newport RI-Northwest Providence RI-Bristol RI-
Washington RI-Western Kent RI-Southeast Providence RI-
616 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

...SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING POCKETS OF
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN NARROW BANDS ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND
SOUTHEAST MA WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE STREET
FLOODING...

At 612 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking showers and embedded
thunderstorms resulting in pockets of torrential rainfall in narrow
bands across Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts. This will
result in pockets of poor drainage street flooding.

HAZARD...Heavy rain and pockets of poor drainage street flooding.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Water on roads that flood easily.

Locations impacted include...
Providence, New Bedford, Brockton, Fall River, Warwick, Cranston,
Pawtucket, Plymouth, Taunton, East Providence, Coventry, Dartmouth,
South Kingstown, West Warwick, Johnston, Bridgewater, North
Kingstown, Marshfield, Newport, and Bristol.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roads or underpasses.

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LAT...LON 4178 7155 4221 7069 4201 7056 4198 7059
      4193 7050 4183 7050 4180 7044 4179 7045
      4132 7184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 222DEG 24KT 4198 7104

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Frank