Rain arrived in Dallas-Fort Worth Saturday evening, as the region is under a flood watch. Anywhere between 1 to 3 inches of rain — with some isolated spots of 4 inches or higher — is expected, according to the National Weather Service. Meanwhile, a flood watch that began Saturday afternoon is set to last until 7 p.m. Sunday.

On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key member of its team: the warning coordination meteorologist,

Dallas faces a flood watch from the NWS due to potential heavy rains and thunderstorms amid high temperatures.

The Minnesota River has remained in flood stage for nearly two weeks, prompting flood warnings across the region.

FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the flooding began on July 4.

In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.

A flash flood warning is in effect until 9 a.m. for Boston and several communities south of the city, including Brockton, Quincy, and Randolph, officials said Thursday morning. The National Weather Service also issued a flood watch that will remain in effect until 4 p.m. for Rhode Island and eastern portions of Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings or whether they saw them in time to take action.