Flood Watch in Effect for Framingham Into Thursday Morning

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch in advance of a slow-moving cold front expected to produce heavy rainfall across much of southern New England from late Tuesday night into Thursday morning.

Heavy rainfall is expected to impact the area and rainfall rates could exceed an inch per hour at times.

The Service says embedded, isolated thunderstorms are also possible Wednesday which could increase rainfall rates.

MetroWest and Framingham could see total rainfall amounts of two to four inches.

Higher amounts are possible where bands of heavy rain move across the same areas.

With the heavy rains, officials say there is the potential for flooding.

Areas with poor drainage, as well as low-lying areas are the biggest threat.

Smaller rivers and streams with fast response times are also susceptible to flooding due to rapid runoff from intense rainfall rates.