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Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
487 WWUS51 KBOX 202338 SVSBOX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 738 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 MAC011-017-027-210015- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-240621T0015Z/ Worcester MA-Middlesex MA-Franklin MA- 738 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN WORCESTER...NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES... At 737 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ashburnham, or near Fitchburg, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Leominster, Fitchburg, Orange, Gardner, Athol, Pepperell, Groton, Winchendon, Lunenburg, Townsend, Lancaster, Templeton, Ayer, Westminster, Shirley, Harvard, Ashburnham, Hubbardston, Princeton, and Dunstable. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4270 7154 4252 7157 4250 7223 4254 7226 4269 7227 4267 7216 4270 7205 4271 7197 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 265DEG 34KT 4263 7187 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ BL