The National Weather Service has extended the Flash Flood Watch in effect for Wednesday afternoon into the Boston area. The Flash Flood Watch has also been extended through Thursday afternoon as a slow-moving cold front passes.
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1237 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 ...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- 110045- /O.CON.KBOX.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-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 1237 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...THEN WILL STALL TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL FINALLY MOVE OFFSHORE LATE THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * VERY MOIST AIR REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION. THE GROUND ACROSS THE REGION 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.
