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WWUS51 KBOX 192154
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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
554 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024

MAC011-027-192215-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-240619T2215Z/
Worcester MA-Franklin MA-
554 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WORCESTER AND EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

At 553 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Athol, or near
Orange, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Orange, Athol, Winchendon, Templeton, Erving, Phillipston, Royalston,
New Salem, Wendell, and Warwick.

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 4261 7245 4268 7217 4263 7207 4246 7233
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 325DEG 15KT 4254 7223

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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