Parts of the Bay State were hit by patches of heavy rain Sunday afternoon, but bands of thunderstorms are unlikely to make a dent in ongoing drought conditions, the National Weather Service said.
Boston is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 8 p.m., a flash flood warning until 4, and a flood warning until 3:45, according to the weather service. Lightning and heavy rain began in and around Boston at about 1:30 p.m.
But much of the state is considered to be in a “significant drought,” as a result of recent warmer-than-usual temperatures have mixed with little precipitation since May, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs announced Friday.
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Residents in the Connecticut River Valley, Western, Central, and Northeast regions, the areas where the drought has officially been declared, were all advised minimize overall water use.
The state also warned of increased wildfire risk Friday, with 110 wildfires reported in the past 30 days.
The declaration came amid dry conditions throughout New England, according to the United States Drought Monitor, a collaboration of University of Nebraska-Lincoln with government agencies to track droughts nationwide.
As of Thursday, when its latest map was released, the drought monitor found “moderate drought” conditions stretching from Connecticut to Maine.
A National Weather Service meteorologist, Torry Gaucher, who noted the weather service does not track longer-term trends like droughts, said dry conditions are likely to continue in the near term despite a smattering of pop-up storms Sunday and expected throughout the week.
“They’ll help out people’s lawns that are turning brown right now, but won’t do much to relieve us of drought status,” he said. “It’s like putting a Band-Aid on at this point.”
Still, the spots of heavy rain along with cooler temperatures expected for much of the coming week could have positive impacts in some places, according to Gaucher. “Just for individual communities that will get that helping hand,” he said.
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Lucas Phillips can be reached at lucas.phillips@globe.com.
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