Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
375 WWUS51 KBOX 082342 SVSBOX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 742 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 CTC015-MAC005-RIC001-003-005-007-009-090000- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-240509T0000Z/ Windham CT-Bristol MA-Washington RI-Newport RI-Kent RI-Providence RI- Bristol RI- 742 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WINDHAM...WEST CENTRAL BRISTOL...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHWESTERN NEWPORT...KENT...SOUTHERN PROVIDENCE AND BRISTOL COUNTIES... At 742 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West Warwick, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Providence, Fall River, Warwick, Cranston, East Providence, Coventry, North Providence, West Warwick, Johnston, North Kingstown, Bristol, Plainfield, Somerset, Portsmouth, Killingly, Barrington, Middletown, Swansea, Seekonk, and East Greenwich. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4172 7193 4188 7182 4183 7108 4155 7128 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 284DEG 38KT 4174 7156 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ KS