Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
968 WUUS51 KBOX 192152 SVRBOX MAC011-015-027-192245- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0025.240619T2152Z-240619T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 552 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024 The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Worcester County in central Massachusetts... East central Hampshire County in western Massachusetts... Southeastern Franklin County in western Massachusetts... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 552 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Athol, or near Orange, moving south 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... Orange, Belchertown, Athol, Ware, Templeton, Rutland, Barre, Hubbardston, Hardwick, Oakham, Phillipston, Pelham, Royalston, Petersham, New Braintree, New Salem, and Warwick. 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 4263 7234 4266 7214 4237 7193 4230 7239 TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 348DEG 14KT 4256 7226 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ KP