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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
515 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

CTC015-MAC005-021-027-RIC001-003-005-007-009-082200-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-240508T2200Z/
Windham CT-Worcester MA-Norfolk MA-Bristol MA-Washington RI-
Newport RI-Kent RI-Providence RI-Bristol RI-
515 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL WINDHAM...SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER...SOUTHWESTERN
NORFOLK...WEST CENTRAL BRISTOL...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...
NORTHWESTERN NEWPORT...CENTRAL KENT...PROVIDENCE AND BRISTOL
COUNTIES...

At 513 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Woonsocket to near Canterbury, moving southeast at 35
mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters and Doppler radar. These storms
         have a history of hail up to golf ball size in Pomfret,
         CT and Putnam, CT.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Providence, Fall River, Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, East
Providence, Woonsocket, Coventry, Cumberland, North Providence,
Franklin, West Warwick, Johnston, North Attleborough, North
Kingstown, Bristol, Attleboro, Smithfield, Lincoln, and Central
Falls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

These storms are producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a
sturdy structure and stay away from windows.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 4162 7156 4186 7196 4212 7153 4175 7105
      4155 7140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 326DEG 29KT 4199 7152 4172 7196

HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

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