{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.5f96206572c1d71038a1d4606b6524c93e3edff8.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flood Watch issued September 12 at 1:18PM EDT until September 13 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-09-12","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.5f96206572c1d71038a1d4606b6524c93e3edff8.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Boston/Norton MA"},"word_count":221,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flood Watch: Flood Watch issued September 12 at 1:18PM EDT until September 13 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Windham; Southern Worcester; Western Norfolk; Suffolk; Eastern Norfolk\n**Issued by:** NWS Boston/Norton MA\n**Sent:** 2026-09-12T13:18:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-09-12T13:18:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-09-13T05:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\n* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be\npossible.\n\n* WHERE...Portions of northern Connecticut, including the following\narea, Windham CT and Massachusetts, including the following areas,\nEastern Norfolk MA, Southern Worcester MA, Suffolk MA and Western\nNorfolk MA.\n\n* WHEN...From late tonight through Sunday afternoon.\n\n* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,\ncreeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.\nFlooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.\n\n* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...\n- Showers and a few embedded thunderstorms with localized narrow\nbands of torrential rainfall are possible very late tonight into\nSunday afternoon. Widespread rainfall amounts of 0.50 to 2 inches\nare expected. However...localized narrow bands of 2-4\" of rain\nare possible within a 3 hour period. While it remains uncertain\nif these narrow bands of heavier rain occur...the potential\nexists for localized flash flooding...especially if it were to\noccur over a vulnerable urban center.\n- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood\n\n## Instructions\nYou should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood\nWarnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared\nto take action should flooding develop."}