A soaking rainstorm is likely this weekend in Southern New England. 1-2″ of rain is expected in all of Southern New England, and in interior SNE, the heavy rain combined with melting snow and potential ice jams on area rivers could lead to flooding. The National Weather Service in Taunton, MA has issued a Flood Watch from Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon for CT and interior MA. See below for details.
<pre>URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
405 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014
…HEAVY RAIN LIKELY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING…
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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-
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
405 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014
…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT…CENTRAL AND
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH MILD TEMPERATURES AND MELTING SNOW.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
EVENING.
* THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND MILD TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO ICE JAMS
WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING. THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE
INTO SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. IN
ADDITION…AREAS OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING ARE
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.</pre>
