 issued at 1055 a.m. the National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a flash flood warning for Matthews County southeastern Middlesex County until 2 p.m. at 1055 a.m. Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area up to 1.5 inches of rain have fallen the expected rainfall rate is 2 to 3 inches in one hour additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area