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WWUS51 KBOX 082341
SVSBOX

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

MAC005-023-RIC005-090000-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-240509T0000Z/
Plymouth MA-Bristol MA-Newport RI-
741 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH...SOUTHEASTERN BRISTOL AND NORTHEASTERN
NEWPORT COUNTIES...

At 741 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fall River,
moving southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
New Bedford, Fall River, Dartmouth, Marion, Fairhaven, Tiverton,
Westport, Lakeville, Acushnet, Freetown, Berkley, Mattapoisett, and
Rochester.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Boston/Norton.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
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 4147 7095 4149 7092 4151 7094 4149 7098
      4162 7123 4183 7108 4165 7065 4162 7069
      4165 7069 4151 7093 4149 7090 4151 7083
      4145 7091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 293DEG 38KT 4168 7111

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

$$

Frank