Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
272 WUUS51 KBOX 082022 SVRBOX CTC003-013-015-MAC013-021-027-RIC007-082115- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0005.240508T2022Z-240508T2115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 422 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Windham County in northern Connecticut... Northern Tolland County in northern Connecticut... Northern Hartford County in northern Connecticut... Southern Worcester County in central Massachusetts... Western Norfolk County in eastern Massachusetts... Southeastern Hampden County in western Massachusetts... Northwestern Providence County in Rhode Island... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 421 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Leicester to Stafford, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 415 PM, hail up to quarter size were reported in Springfield. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Worcester, Enfield, Woonsocket, Franklin, Mansfield, Windham, Grafton, Killingly, Webster, Southbridge, Bellingham, Auburn, Burrillville, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Northbridge, Ellington, Tolland, Wilbraham, and Oxford. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4205 7143 4172 7210 4203 7258 4229 7195 TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 299DEG 19KT 4220 7194 4198 7233 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Loconto