Flood Watch

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. IN MASSACHUSETTS... 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. IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...CHESHIRE NH...EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH. IN RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND RI...BRISTOL RI...EASTERN KENT RI...NEWPORT RI... NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI...SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI...WASHINGTON RI AND WESTERN KENT RI. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * RECENT RAINFALL HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. A LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR OR THROUGH OUR REGION LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...BUT IT IS STILL TO EARLY TO SAY WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR. * THIS RAINFALL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. SMALLER RIVERS...SOME ALREADY RUNNING SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...ARE ALSO VULNERABLE TO POSSIBLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS LATER THIS WEEKEND.