Flood watch posted with more storms forecast

UNDATED -- Portions of central and western Massachusetts are under a flood watch through tonight, with the forecast calling for more thunderstorms and heavy rain. The culprit is a slow-moving cold front that is expected to trigger a number of storms, some of them dropping rain at the rate of 1-3 inches per hour. At one point yesterday afternoon, the National Weather Service posted a tornado warning for parts of southeastern Massachusetts after a water spout was spotted off Barrington Beach in Rhode island. There were no reports of funnel clouds reaching the ground and the warning was later... [read full story]