Rough Weather Expected This Afternoon
The National Weather Service warns of severe thunderstorms and flash flooding.
A big green blob that we are accustomed to seeing on a weather map to indicate heavy rain is heading our way. Not only that, it has a lot of red and yellow in it, too. The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a severe thunderstorm warning, a flash flood warning and a flood advisory for this afternoon. The notices cover parts of central Massachusetts, and Westborough has been included in each of these notices. “At 1:32 p.m. EDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing golf ball size hail and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph,” NWS reported. “This storm was located near Amherst and was moving east at 15 mph…radar estimates that up to two inches of rain has fallen in some …