Flood Watch

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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. * THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * RECENT RAINFALL HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED ACROSS INTERIOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CONNECTICUT INTO HAMDEN COUNTY OF MASSACHUSETTS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE MOST VULNERABLE AREA FOR FLOODING BY DAYBREAK 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 EARLY THIS MORNING...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.