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Courtesy of National Weather Service

The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has expanded the:

* Flash Flood Watch to include portions of Massachusetts and northern Rhode Island, including the following counties, in Massachusetts, Bristol, Norfolk, and Suffolk. In northern
Rhode Island, Kent and Providence.

* Through this evening

* Widespread showers and thunderstorms with localized torrential rainfall are anticipated this afternoon and evening. Some localized areas may see rainfall rates reach or exceed 2 inches in one hour. If this occurs over our vulnerable locations…localized urban flash flooding would be possible.

* The potential exists for both localized urban flash flooding and for flash flooding of small streams in southern New England.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.

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