Heavy Rain and Street Flooding Saturday Evening
An area of low pressure interacting with an upper-level disturbance along with an ample supply of moisture in the atmosphere produced some very heavy rain Saturday evening. That heavy rainfall lead to some significant street flooding across the area.
Here’s a look at the rain totals from Saturday:
RHODE ISLAND
…NEWPORT COUNTY…
MIDDLETOWN 2.87
PORTSMOUTH 2.25
…PROVIDENCE COUNTY…
WOONSOCKET 2.83
CUMBERLAND 2.56
NORTH PROVIDENCE 2.28
WEST GLOCESTER 1.98
BURRILLVILLE 1.73
RUMFORD 1.45
…WASHINGTON COUNTY…
SOUTH KINGSTOWN 3.21
KINGSTON 2.87
NARRAGANSETT 2.37
WAKEFIELD 2.00