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.
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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).
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#33 Central Falls
Chief Executive Pay: $26,000 (E)
Finance Director: $87,125
Planning Director: $66,625
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#32 Richmond
Chief Executive Pay: $51,500 (A)
Finance Director: $56,706
Planning Director: $50,218
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#31 West Greenwich
Chief Executive Pay: $60,866 (A)
Finance Director: N/A
Planning Director: $52,412
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#30 Cumberland
Chief Executive Pay: $67,799 (E)
Finance Director: (Vacant -- PT)
Planning Director: $70,250
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#29 Warren
Chief Executive Pay: $70,000 (A)
Finance Director: $62,424
Planning Director: $52,020
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#28 North Smithfield
Chief Executive Pay: $71,289 (E)
Finance Director: $71,235
Planning Director: $58,394
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#27 North Providence
Chief Executive Pay: $75,000 (E)
Finance Director: $52,000
Planning Director: $62,098
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#26 Johnston
Chief Executive Pay: $75,000 (E)
Finance Director: $95,000
Planning Director: $69,746
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#25 Lincoln
Chief Executive Pay: $78,677 (E)
Finance Director: $80,610
Planning Director: $67,709
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#24 Woonsocket
Chief Executive Pay: $80,000 (E)
Finance Director: $90,000
Planning Director: $82,750
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#23 Cranston
Chief Executive Pay: $80,765 (E)
Finance Director: $96,425
Planning Director: $75,247
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#22 Bristol
Chief Executive Pay: $81,162 (E)
Finance Director: N/A
Planning Director: $78,438
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#21 Tiverton
Chief Executive Pay: $83,900 (A)
Finance Director: N/A
Planning Director: Vacant
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#20 Pawtucket
Chief Executive Pay: $84,253 (E)
Finance Director: $82,000
Planning Director: $72,269
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#19 Hopkinton
Chief Executive Pay: $89,000 (A)
Finance Director: $73,043
Planning Director: $51,816
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#18 Charlestown
Chief Executive Pay: $93,000 (A)
Finance Director: N/A
Planning Director: $67,546
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#17 New Shoreham
Chief Executive Pay: $95,146 (A)
Finance Director: $85,058
Planning Director: N/A
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#16 Warwick
Chief Executive Pay: $100,000 (E)
Finance Director: $118,249
Planning Director: $97,648
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#15 Smithfield
Chief Executive Pay: $100,940 (A)
Finance Director: $77,250
Planning Director: $65,920
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#14 Jamestown
Chief Executive Pay: $106,957 (A)
Finance Director: $82,426
Planning Director: $71,481
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#13 Burrillville
Chief Executive Pay: $110,520 (A)
Finance Director: $80,000
Planning Director: $80,000
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#12 North Kingstown
Chief Executive Pay: $111,394 (A)
Finance Director: $82,442
Planning Director: $82,442
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#11 Westerly
Chief Executive Pay: $117,305 (A)
Finance Director: $106,088
Planning Director: $76,812
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#10 West Warwick
Chief Executive Pay: $120,000 (A)
Finance Director: $91,357
Planning Director: $69,000
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#9 Coventry
Chief Executive Pay: $122,000 (A)
Finance Director: $97,150
Planning Director: $83,884
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#8 Providence
Chief Executive Pay: $123,762 (E)
Finance Director: $140,000
Planning Director: $85,098
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#7 East Providence
Chief Executive Pay: $125,000 (A)
Finance Director: $112,210
Planning Director: $97,350
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#6 Portsmouth
Chief Executive Pay: $126,000 (A)
Finance Director: $95,819
Planning Director: $78,382
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#5 East Greenwich
Chief Executive Pay: $131,005 (A)
Finance Director: $96,255
Planning Director: $77,835
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#4 Newport
Chief Executive Pay: $135,000 (A)
Finance Director: $120,799
Planning Director: $100,531
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#3 Barrington
Chief Executive Pay: $143,977 (A)
Finance Director: $106,194
Planning Director: $75,716
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#2 Middletown
Chief Executive Pay: $147,350 (A)
Finance Director: $97,025
Planning Director: $89,436
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#1 South Kingstown
Chief Executive: $153,853 (A)
Finance Director: $119,610
Planning Director: $93,181
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