The National Weather Service in Taunton, MA has issued a Flash Flood Watch through 8 pm Friday. Locally heavy showers rolled through the South Coast Friday morning, and more heavy downpours are possible in the afternoon and early evening. The main threat is for poor drainage and street flooding. See more from the NWS below:

Flash Flood Watch Friday
Flash Flood Watch Friday until 8 PM
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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1042 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A VERY MOISTURE LADEN AIRMASS AND APPROACHING WARM FRONT WILL
LEAD TO PERIODIC HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THIS MAY LEAD
TO A RISK FOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLASH FLOODING. PARTICULARLY
IF MORE HEAVY RAINS MOVE THROUGH URBAN AREAS ONCE AGAIN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN THIS MORNING.

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CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX 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-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...
PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...
WESTERLY...NEWPORT
1042 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
  ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON METROS...AS WELL
  AS OTHER URBAN LOCATIONS SUCH AS FALL RIVER...PEABODY...AND NEW
  BEDFORD.

* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING

* SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR
  MORE THIS MORNING. WITH THE RISK FOR MORE HEAVY RAINS THIS
  AFTERNOON...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE LOCALIZED
  FLOODING...PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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.

 

The threat of heavy rain ends between 5pm-8pm Friday evening. Scattered showers may linger Friday night and through midday Saturday. The good news is that the weather will improve on Father's Day. It will be partly to mostly sunny and in the mid to upper 70s.

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