Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
172 WWUS51 KBOX 082253 SVSBOX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 653 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 CTC015-MAC005-RIC003-007-009-082330- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-240508T2330Z/ Windham CT-Bristol MA-Washington RI-Kent RI-Providence RI- 653 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN WINDHAM...NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...CENTRAL KENT AND PROVIDENCE COUNTIES... At 653 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Foster, or 9 miles northwest of Coventry, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Providence, Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence, Coventry, North Providence, West Warwick, Johnston, North Kingstown, Plainfield, Smithfield, Lincoln, Central Falls, Killingly, Seekonk, East Greenwich, Scituate, Glocester, and Putnam. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4176 7203 4194 7198 4188 7132 4161 7140 TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 281DEG 48KT 4181 7177 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ KS