{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.26a92dabb611283f54cdc1df72dc80e3164b03e3.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued July 21 at 6:16PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-21","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.26a92dabb611283f54cdc1df72dc80e3164b03e3.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Boston/Norton MA"},"word_count":144,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued July 21 at 6:16PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Northern Bristol; Western Plymouth; Eastern Plymouth; Southern Bristol; Southern Plymouth; Barnstable; Northwest Providence; Southeast Providence; Western Kent; Eastern Kent; Bristol; Washington; Newport\n**Issued by:** NWS Boston/Norton MA\n**Sent:** 2026-07-21T18:16:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-21T18:16:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-21T19:45:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nAt 612 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking showers and embedded\nthunderstorms resulting in pockets of torrential rainfall in narrow\nbands across Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts. This will\nresult in pockets of poor drainage street flooding.\n\nHAZARD...Heavy rain and pockets of poor drainage street flooding.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Water on roads that flood easily.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nProvidence, New Bedford, Brockton, Fall River, Warwick, Cranston,\nPawtucket, Plymouth, Taunton, East Providence, Coventry, Dartmouth,\nSouth Kingstown, West Warwick, Johnston, Bridgewater, North\nKingstown, Marshfield, Newport, and Bristol.\n\n## Instructions\nDo not drive through flooded roads or underpasses."}