Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
658 PM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Essex County in northeastern Massachusetts...
Northeastern Middlesex County in northeastern Massachusetts...
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 658 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Middleton, or
near North Andover, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Peabody, Salem, Beverly, Andover, Gloucester, North Andover,
Danvers, Reading, North Reading, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Middleton,
Georgetown, Boxford, Hamilton, Rockport, Newbury, Groveland,
Topsfield, and Rowley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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LAT...LON 4270 7073 4272 7061 4263 7053 4254 7069
4254 7109 4272 7111 4276 7076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 265DEG 31KT 4264 7101
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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