Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
157 WWUS51 KBOX 192159 SVSBOX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 559 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024 MAC011-192208- /O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-240619T2215Z/ Franklin MA- 559 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. LAT...LON 4231 7286 4239 7263 4221 7246 4214 7284 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 334DEG 9KT 4228 7272 $$ MAC013-015-192215- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-240619T2215Z/ Hampshire MA-Hampden MA- 559 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTIES... At 558 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Easthampton, or near Northampton, moving southeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Chicopee, Westfield, Holyoke, Northampton, Ludlow, South Hadley, Easthampton, Granby, Southampton, Hadley, Hatfield, Huntington, Russell, Westhampton, and Montgomery. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4231 7286 4239 7263 4221 7246 4214 7284 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 334DEG 9KT 4228 7272 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ KP