iNWS Alert

Heavy rain may fall on a deep primed snowpack leading to the melt increasing. Flows in rivers may increase quickly and reach critical levels.

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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-Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI-Southeast
Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-
Washington RI-Newport RI-
Including the cities of Taunton, Chesterfield, Vernon, Coventry,
Brockton, Framingham, Charlemont, Hartford, Willimantic, Quincy,
West Greenwich, Norwood, Boston, Blandford, Foster, Springfield,
Newport, Barre, Orange, Gloucester, Ayer, Putnam, Worcester, New
Bedford, Smithfield, Providence, East Greenwich, Bristol, Fall
River, Cambridge, Amherst, Fitchburg, Lowell, Lawrence, Plymouth,
Northampton, Narragansett, Greenfield, Foxborough, Warwick, West
Warwick, Mattapoisett, Falmouth, Union, Provincetown, Milford,
Windsor Locks, Westerly, and Chatham
1214 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by rain and snowmelt is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of northern Connecticut, including the following
areas, Hartford CT, Tolland CT and Windham CT, Massachusetts,
including the following areas, Barnstable MA, Central Middlesex
MA, Eastern Essex MA, Eastern Franklin MA, Eastern Hampden MA,
Eastern Hampshire MA, Eastern Norfolk MA, Eastern Plymouth MA,
Northern Bristol MA, Northern Middlesex MA, Northern Worcester MA,
Southeast Middlesex MA, Southern Bristol MA, Southern Plymouth MA,
Southern Worcester MA, Suffolk MA, Western Essex MA, Western
Franklin MA, Western Hampden MA, Western Hampshire MA, Western
Norfolk MA and Western Plymouth MA, and Rhode Island, including
the following areas, Bristol RI, Eastern Kent RI, Newport RI,
Northwest Providence RI, Southeast Providence RI, Washington RI
and Western Kent RI.

* WHEN...From late tonight through Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Area creeks
and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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