A humid airmass and an approaching front may combine to produce locally heavy showers and thunderstorms in inland Southern New England Wednesday afternoon. The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for part of RI, MA, and CT.
...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FLOODING THROUGH THURSDAY... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001-003- 101615- /O.NEW.KBOX.FF.A.0006.130710T1600Z-130711T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH 407 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. IN MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN FRANKLIN MA...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA... EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA...NORTHERN WORCESTER MA...SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...WESTERN FRANKLIN MA... WESTERN HAMPDEN MA AND WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA. IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...CHESHIRE NH...EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH. IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND... NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI AND WESTERN KENT RI. * FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. IN MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN FRANKLIN MA...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA... EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA...NORTHERN WORCESTER MA...SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...WESTERN FRANKLIN MA... WESTERN HAMPDEN MA AND WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA. IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...CHESHIRE NH...EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH. IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND... NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI AND WESTERN KENT RI. * FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...THEN WILL STALL TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL FINALLY MOVE OFFSHORE LATER THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THURSDAY. * VERY MOIST AIR REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION. THE GROUND ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS IS ALREADY SATURATED DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO. IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH MORE RAINFALL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OR LESS. IF SEVERAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...THERE MAY BE LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN OR MORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. &&
