{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.5f96206572c1d71038a1d4606b6524c93e3edff8.002.1","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%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.5f96206572c1d71038a1d4606b6524c93e3edff8.002.1","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":270,"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:** Northern Bristol; Western Plymouth; Eastern Plymouth; Southern Bristol; Southern Plymouth; Barnstable; Dukes; Nantucket; Northwest Providence; Southeast Providence; Western Kent; Eastern Kent; Bristol; Washington; Newport; Block Island\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 southeastern Massachusetts, including the\nfollowing areas, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, Eastern Plymouth MA,\nNantucket MA, Northern Bristol MA, Southern Bristol MA, Southern\nPlymouth MA and Western Plymouth MA and Rhode Island, including the\nfollowing areas, Block Island RI, Bristol RI, Eastern Kent RI,\nNewport RI, Northwest Providence RI, Southeast Providence RI,\nWashington RI and Western Kent RI.\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."}