Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
305 WUUS51 KBOX 202318 SVRBOX MAC011-017-027-210015- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0029.240620T2318Z-240621T0015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 718 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Worcester County in central Massachusetts... Northwestern Middlesex County in northeastern Massachusetts... Eastern Franklin County in western Massachusetts... * Until 815 PM EDT. * At 718 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Royalston, or 7 miles east of Orange, moving east at 30 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... 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 4272 7215 TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 255DEG 26KT 4263 7215 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ BL