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The National Weather Service released a flash flood warning at 1:17 p.m. on Saturday in effect until 3:45 p.m. for Franklin and Hampshire counties.
A flash flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 3:06 p.m. in effect until 6:15 p.m. for Adams County.
Everyone in our area has the potential for heavy rain, but the best potential for flash flooding will be within the flood watch area. Rainfall rates within thunderstorms may be between 1″ and 3″ per hour,
Dallas faces a flood watch from the NWS due to potential heavy rains and thunderstorms amid high temperatures.
The Flood Watch covers most of the state, barring some counties in northwestern and southeastern Oklahoma, through at least Sunday afternoon.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Rhode Island and other parts of Southern New England with 2 to 4 inches of rain expected.
Massachusetts was battered by a swath of heavy rainstorms this week, with some areas flooded under several inches of water. “This time of year, we get thunderstorms and rain events that produce very localized pockets of heavy rainfall,” said National Weather Service forecaster Hayden Frank.
At 3:32 p.m. on Friday, the National Weather Service released a flash flood warning in effect until 7:45 p.m. for Monroe County.