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Flood Watch 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 27, 20264 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at Jul 27, 2026, 2:07 PM EDT for 4 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jul 28, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2026, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 28, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 29, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity: None

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jul 27, 1:56 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 1:56 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 1:23 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2026 Flood Watches in Connecticut, 2026 Flood Watches in Rhode Island, 2026 Every flood watch in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.