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Action stage
Pawcatuck at Westerly, RI
- Gauge
- River gauge · WSTR1 · NWS BOX
- Observed
- Observed 6.04 ft at : action stage
- Forecast
- Forecast issued · highest 6 ft at : action stage
- Stages
- Action 6 ft · Flood (minor) 7 ft · Moderate 9 ft · Major 11 ft
Forecast hydrograph
Impacts and the full forecast are read for gauges in flood; this one is at action stage.
NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods.
NWPS’s page for WSTR1 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in Rhode Island
Rain and rivers in Rhode Island
- Expected rain: below WPC’s lowest contour (0.01 in) in Rhode Island, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
- Rain that fell: 0.25 to 0.5 in at its highest in Rhode Island, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
- Rivers: no river gauge in Rhode Island is in flood or forecast to flood, by NWS’s lists read . Gauges are on larger rivers, not every creek: this is not a sign that nothing can flood.
Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker
On the Briefing’s map
- Flash-flood risk WPC’s Excessive Rainfall Outlook: a chance, in four categories
- Expected rain WPC’s 24-hour rain forecast, in inches
- Rain that fell MRMS’s radar estimate for the past 24 or 72 hours
River, coastal and lake gauges in Rhode Island
No gauge in Rhode Island is in flood, observed or forecast; one gauge is at action stage.
Action stage, not flooding 1
Action stage is the level at which NWS and local officials begin to act; the water is not yet at flood stage.
- Observed: action stage Pawcatuck at Westerly, RIObserved 6.04 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 6 ft at : action stage
A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.
Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS
Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS
Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS
Rhode Island flash-flood briefing
Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.