Flood Watch

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA AND WESTERN HAMPDEN MA. IN RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND RI...EASTERN KENT RI... WASHINGTON RI AND WESTERN KENT RI. * FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * RECENT RAINFALL HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED ACROSS INTERIOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. HEAVY RAIN IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE WILL MOVE INTO A PART OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. THERE MAY ALSO BE REDEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY. IF MORE THAN 1.3 INCHES OCCURS IN AN HOUR OR MORE 2.75 INCHES IN 24 HOURS... SIGNIFICANT SMALL STREAM FLOODING WOULD OCCUR. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRACK OF HEAVY RAINFALL...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CONTINUED. THE MOST VULNERABLE AREA FOR FLOODING BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY LIES BETWEEN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AND THE EAST SLOPES OF BOTH THE BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD HILLS AND BLOCK ISLAND RHODE ISLAND. THE AREAL OF COVERAGE OF THIS WATCH HAS BEEN SHRINKING AND ITS POSSIBLE THE ENTIRE WATCH WILL BE CANCELED LATE TONIGHT...IF IT BECOMES COMPLETELY CERTAIN THAT THE HEAVY RAINS MISS TO OUR SOUTH. * THERE IS POTENTIAL IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING LATER TONIGHT. SMALLER RIVERS...SOME ALREADY RUNNING SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...ARE ALSO VULNERABLE TO POSSIBLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS SUNDAY.