MA Weather Forecast: Flash Flood Watch; Severe Storms Possible

As if you didn't know it was going to rain - and rain hard - today, a flash flood watch has been issued from Springfield to Boston. The watch, which comes as areas in Central and Eastern Massachusetts expect up to 2-3 inches of rain along with thunderstorms, expires at 8 p.m. Thursday.

A flood advisory was issued around 10:30 a.m. along the I-95 and Route 128 corridors. That is in effect until noon.

The rainfall is expected to come in the form of serious downpours that could drop 2+ inches an hour, leading to potential flooding in urban and poor drainage areas. The power of the storms is also something to keep an eye on: "Thunderstorms this morning & later today could be strong, potentially severe, w/ embedded threats of isolated strong to damaging winds, including a non-zero threat of a brief tornado," the National Weather Service said.

Those storms often come with the threat of power outages. Make sure to keep up with Patch as the day progresses; We'll update you with real-time news on outages and other storm-related damage around town. Subscribe to your local Patch here.

Heavy downpours are coming in this morning. Forecasters are warning of potential thunderstorms and flooding possibility through noon, then another round in the afternoon.

After the rain, forecasters are expecting something of a heat wave. Temperatures will soar past 90 degrees and heat indices will climb as high as 100. The beach weather is expected to last throughout the week.