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Flash Flood Watch for Tauton Mass massachusettsradar/ The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for northern Connecticut...all of Rhode Island except for Block Island...and most of Massachusetts except for the cape and islands. * From Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon * the combination of some localized heavy rain with thunderstorms the last couple of days...and more on the way for Thursday will combine with more widespread moderate to heavy rainfall Thursday night into Friday. All of this rainfall could lead to localized flash flooding especially in urban areas...higher terrain...and flashy streams and rivers. This threat is expected to linger from Thursday afternoon well into the day on Friday...until the low pressure center to the west is allowed to move northeast. Localized rainfall amounts could exceed 2.0 inches...particularly under thunderstorms. * This heavy rainfall could lead to localized urban and poor drainage flooding particularly in normal susceptible locations. Fast responding streams and rivers may also spill over their banks. 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.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 23:54:09 +0000

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