Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
824 WUUS51 KBOX 192133 SVRBOX MAC011-013-015-192215- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0024.240619T2133Z-240619T2215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 533 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024 The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Hampshire County in western Massachusetts... Southwestern Franklin County in western Massachusetts... Northwestern Hampden County in western Massachusetts... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 533 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Westhampton, or near Northampton, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Chicopee, Westfield, Holyoke, Northampton, Ludlow, South Hadley, Easthampton, Granby, Southampton, Hadley, Hatfield, Williamsburg, Huntington, Conway, Russell, Westhampton, Granville, Whately, Chester, and Blandford. 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 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4238 7290 4246 7270 4221 7246 4212 7295 TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 334DEG 13KT 4235 7279 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ KP