NEW: National Weather Service Issues Flood Watch for Rhode Island

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

GoLocalProv News Team

The National Weather Service issued an updated Flood Watch at 3:51PM Wednesday for most of the Taunton Forecast Area, including Kent, Providence, and Washington counties here in Rhode Island.

The flood watch will remain in effect until Thursday afternoon.

They have also issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook covering both Northern and Southern Rhode Island urging the public to heed further Flood Watches and to report significant weather conditions. The Watch attributes 1.5 - 3.0 inches of potential rainfall across the forecast area to a slow moving frontal system. The highest potential is for flooding of Urban and Poor Drainage areas. There is a lesser chance of flooding of the flashier of the small streams in the area.

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
351 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011-RIZ001>004-006-010400-
/O.CON.KBOX.FA.A.0005.140430T2200Z-140501T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
WASHINGTON RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...
FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...
NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY
351 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...HARTFORD...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM. IN WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...HAMPDEN. IN RHODE ISLAND...KENT...PROVIDENCE AND
MAINLAND WASHINGTON.

* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF
RAINFALL TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* THERE IS A MODERATE PROBABILITY THIS RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO
AREAS OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. SMALL STREAM
FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

Related Slideshow: Rhode Island’s Highest Paid Mayors and Managers

The Rhode Island Department of Revenue's Office of Local Government Assistance, for the past 23 years, has conducted an "annual salary survey" of municipal positions in the state.

Below are the salaries reported for chief executives -- Mayors or Town Managers ranked by municipalities (with the position) in 2012, from lowest to highest. According to the survey, the amount "does not include fringe benefit data."

Positions appointed are indicated with an (A); positions elected are marked with an (E).

NEW: National Weather Service Issues Flood Watch for Rhode Island

Related Slideshow: Rhode Island’s Highest Paid Mayors and Managers

#33 Central Falls

Chief Executive Pay: $26,000 (E)

#32 Richmond

Chief Executive Pay: $51,500 (A)

#31 West Greenwich

Chief Executive Pay: $60,866 (A)

#30 Cumberland

Chief Executive Pay: $67,799 (E)

#29 Warren

Chief Executive Pay: $70,000 (A)

#28 North Smithfield

Chief Executive Pay: $71,289 (E)

#27 North Providence

Chief Executive Pay: $75,000 (E)

#26 Johnston

Chief Executive Pay: $75,000 (E)

#25 Lincoln

Chief Executive Pay: $78,677 (E)

#24 Woonsocket

Chief Executive Pay: $80,000 (E)

#23 Cranston

Chief Executive Pay: $80,765 (E)

#22 Bristol

Chief Executive Pay: $81,162 (E)

#21 Tiverton

Chief Executive Pay: $83,900 (A)

#20 Pawtucket

Chief Executive Pay: $84,253 (E)

#19 Hopkinton

Chief Executive Pay: $89,000 (A)

#18 Charlestown

Chief Executive Pay: $93,000 (A)

#17 New Shoreham

Chief Executive Pay: $95,146 (A)

#16 Warwick

Chief Executive Pay: $100,000 (E)

#15 Smithfield

Chief Executive Pay: $100,940 (A)

#14 Jamestown

Chief Executive Pay: $106,957 (A)

#13 Burrillville

Chief Executive Pay: $110,520 (A)

#12 North Kingstown

Chief Executive Pay: $111,394 (A)

#11 Westerly

Chief Executive Pay: $117,305 (A)

#10 West Warwick

Chief Executive Pay: $120,000 (A)

#9 Coventry

Chief Executive Pay: $122,000 (A)

#8 Providence

Chief Executive Pay: $123,762 (E)

#7 East Providence

Chief Executive Pay: $125,000 (A)

#6 Portsmouth

Chief Executive Pay: $126,000 (A)

#5 East Greenwich

Chief Executive Pay: $131,005 (A)

#4 Newport

Chief Executive Pay: $135,000 (A)

#3 Barrington

Chief Executive Pay: $143,977 (A)

#2 Middletown

Chief Executive Pay: $147,350 (A)

#1 South Kingstown

Chief Executive: $153,853 (A)

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