Flood Watch for Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
230 PM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024
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Windham CT-Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA-Western
Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA-Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk
MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern
Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern
Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket
MA-Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI-Southeast
Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-
Washington RI-Newport RI-
Including the cities of Cambridge, Fall River, Worcester,
Fitchburg, Vineyard Haven, Provincetown, Putnam, Boston, Norwood,
Taunton, Plymouth, Barre, Nantucket, Warwick, Westerly, Ayer,
Lawrence, Chatham, Brockton, Gloucester, Lowell, Foster,
Foxborough, Quincy, East Greenwich, Falmouth, Providence, West
Warwick, Willimantic, Narragansett, Milford, Coventry, Bristol,
Newport, Smithfield, West Greenwich, Mattapoisett, Framingham,
and New Bedford
230 PM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...This Flood Watch includes extreme eastern Connecticut,
central and eastern Massachusetts including the Cape and Islands,
as well as all of Rhode Island.
* WHEN...Through late tonight.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Rainfall totals between 1 and 2.5 inches will be common
across the region. Heaviest will be across eastern MA where a
few locations may receive up to 3 inches of rain.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.