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WUUS51 KBOX 222230
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MAC027-222315-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0010.130522T2230Z-130522T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
630 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TEMPLETON...OR 13 MILES WEST
  OF FITCHBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEOMINSTER...FITCHBURG...GARDNER...TEMPLETON...LUNENBURG...
  WESTMINSTER AND ASHBURNHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. IF
DRIVING BE PREPARED FOR LOW VISIBILITY AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 4264 7186 4264 7176 4262 7169 4255 7167
      4253 7168 4253 7166 4251 7166 4251 7212
      4257 7213 4265 7186
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 263DEG 22KT 4255 7207

$$

JWD