Flash Flood Watch Issued for MA, Southern New England Through Monday Morning

Monday, October 30, 2017

GoLocalWorcester News Team

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for all of southern New England through Monday morning.

"Moderate to heavy rain will impact all of Southern New England today and tonight. Forecast rainfall on the order of 1 to 3 inches with locally higher amounts of 3 to 4 inches are possible especially across western portions of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Potential convection may result in higher amounts across eastern MA, but confidence is lower," writes the NWS. "Excessive rainfall, especially with any thunderstorms, could lead to localized flash flooding at some of the faster responding streams and rivers in the region."

National Weather Service Report

Flash Flood Watch
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Taunton MA
434 AM EDT Sun Oct 29 2017

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Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA-
Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA-
Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA-Western Hampshire MA-
Western Hampden MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-
Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-
Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA-
Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-
Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-
Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI-
Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-
Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI-
Including the cities of Hartford, Windsor Locks, Union, Vernon,
Putnam, Willimantic, Charlemont, Greenfield, Orange, Barre,
Fitchburg, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Gloucester,
Chesterfield, Blandford, Amherst, Northampton, Springfield,
Milford, Worcester, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston,
Quincy, Taunton, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford,
Mattapoisett, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven,
Nantucket, Ayer, Foster, Smithfield, Providence, Coventry,
West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol,
Narragansett, Westerly, Newport, and New Shoreham
434 AM EDT Sun Oct 29 2017

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

The Flash Flood Watch continues for

* All of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

* Through late tonight.

* Moderate to heavy rain will impact all of Southern New England
today and tonight. Forecast rainfall on the order of 1 to 3
inches with locally higher amounts of 3 to 4 inches are possible
especially across western portions of Connecticut and
Massachusetts. Potential convection may result in higher amounts
across eastern MA, but confidence is lower.

* Excessive rainfall, especially with any thunderstorms, could
lead to localized flash flooding at some of the faster
responding streams and rivers in the region. Localized urban
flooding is also possible.

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.