NWS Boston/Norton MAFF.W 0008August 3, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Middlesex and Worcester, MA
The National Weather Service office in Boston/Norton issued a flash flood warning for Middlesex and Worcester in Massachusetts, which was in force until 10:00 a.m. local time on August 3. It was the 8th flash flood warning the NWS office in Boston/Norton issued in 2026. Massachusetts had 4 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 6 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Massachusetts's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3.2 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Boston/Norton MA
- Area
- Middlesex and Worcester
- State
- Massachusetts
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:49 a.m. EDT, August 3, 2026
- Expires
- 10:00 a.m. EDT, August 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBOX FF.W 0008
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWBOX The National Weather Service in Norton has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northern Worcester County in central Massachusetts... Northwestern Middlesex County in northeastern Massachusetts... * Until 1000 AM EDT. * At 649 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Lowell, Leominster, Fitchburg, Chelmsford, Dracut, Westford, Gardner, Holden, Athol, Pepperell, Tyngsborough, Groton, Winchendon, Lunenburg, Townsend, Littleton, Lancaster, Templeton, Rutland and Sterling.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.