Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
187 WWUS51 KBOX 082115 SVSBOX 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 $$ Loconto