Flash Flood Watch

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...BRISTOL RI...EASTERN KENT RI...NEWPORT RI... NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI...SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI...WASHINGTON RI AND WESTERN KENT RI. * UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING * THE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING TO PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING HAS EXITED THE REGION. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL OVERSPREAD THE REST OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS ALONG WITH MORE FLOODING. * SCATTERED AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON. ANY OF THESE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FLOODING. * THE HIGHEST RISK FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS AREA WAS HARD HIT THIS MORNING AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.