Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
018 WWUS51 KBOX 192208 SVSBOX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 608 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024 MAC011-015-027-192245- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-240619T2245Z/ Worcester MA-Hampshire MA-Franklin MA- 608 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN WORCESTER...EAST CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES... At 608 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Petersham, or 9 miles southeast of Orange, moving south at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Belchertown, Athol, Ware, Templeton, Rutland, Barre, Hubbardston, Hardwick, Oakham, Phillipston, Pelham, Petersham, New Braintree, and New Salem. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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 4251 7236 4258 7208 4237 7193 4230 7239 TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 343DEG 16KT 4248 7221 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ KP