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Flood Watch in Effect as More Rain Heads Our Way

Rain will arrive Thursday afternoon and will be heavy during the overnight hours.

Eastern Massachusetts is under a flood watch as rain is expected to hit the area Thursday afternoon and into Friday. The flood watch is in effect until 8 a.m. Saturday.   

The National Weather Service said an addition one to three inches of rain could fall on the area. Eastern Massachusetts has already seen more than six inches of rain in June and meteorologists are concerned that the already saturated soil and swollen rivers and streams could cause flooding. 

Channel 7 meteorologist Jeremy Reiner said the rain should start between 1 and 4 p.m. Thursday. The rain will increase during the overnight hours.

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He added the storms will be a rain event. In other words, there shouldn’t be thunder and lightning or strong winds associated with the storms.

Weather should begin to improve on Friday as the rain moves out by noon Friday. Once the sun returns on Friday afternoon, it should stay throughout the weekend. Highs could reach 80 degrees on both weekend days.

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Rain has become the norm so far in June. Channel 7 meteorologist Pete Bouchard said that the Boston area has already seen 6.6 inches of rain in June. That is more rain than we usually see in the entire months of June and July combined. 


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