Flood Watch in Effect For Malden Tuesday Night into Thursday Morning

By LIZ TAURASI (Patch Staff)

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

The flood watch will be in effect from late Tuesday night through Thursday morning for Western and Northern Massachusetts, as well as Northern Connecticut.

Check out temperatures predicted for Malden for the week.

Heavy rainfall is expected to impact the area and rainfall rates could exceed an inch per hour at times. The NWS says embedded, isolated thunderstorms are also possible Wednesday which could increase rainfall rates.

Areas to be potentially impacted, are expected to see total rainfall amounts of two to four inches. Locally 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 in 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.