Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service
Areas Affected: Middlesex, MA; Worcester, MA
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Sunday 8:45pm EDT
Alert Effective: Sunday 8:45pm EDT
Alert Expires: Sunday 9:00pm EDT
Event Onset: Sunday 8:45pm EDT
Event Ends: Sunday 9:00pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton MA
Wind Gusts: Up to 50 MPH Hail: 1.25
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN WORCESTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTIES... At 845 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Auburn, or near Worcester, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Locations impacted include... Worcester, Marlborough, Shrewsbury, Milford, Hudson, Westborough, Grafton, Holden, Webster, Southbridge, Ashland, Auburn, Northbridge, Hopkinton, Northborough, Oxford, Clinton, Holliston, Millbury and Charlton.
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.
ID: NWS-IDP-PROD-4126148-3497228 Codes: MAC017, MAC027 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/NWS-IDP-PROD-4126148-3497228