Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service
Areas Affected: Central Middlesex County; Northern Worcester; Northwest Middlesex County; Western Essex
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Saturday 9:55pm EDT
Alert Effective: Saturday 9:55pm EDT
Alert Expires: Saturday 10:45pm EDT
Event Onset: Saturday 9:55pm EDT
Event Ends: Saturday 10:45pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Boston (Southeast New England)
...Special Weather Statement issued August 17 at 9:55PM EDT by NWS Boston... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING... At 955 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Pepperell, or 9 miles southwest of Nashua, moving east at 25 mph. Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will accompany this storm. Locations impacted include... Lowell, Nashua, Lawrence, Methuen, Billerica, Chelmsford, Andover, Dracut, Tewksbury, Salem, Wilmington, Westford, Pepperell, Tyngsborough, Groton, Lunenburg, Townsend, Littleton, Hollis and Ayer.
Get indoors when this storm approaches. Winds may be strong enough to produce minor damage, such as a few downed branches.
ID: NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-MA125D0A89190C.SpecialWeatherStatement.125D0A893C34MA.BOXSPSBOX.7848b802c533cab2e5608d8709cadbe1 Codes: MAZ004, MAZ005, MAZ006, MAZ026 Link: https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=MA125D0A89190C.SpecialWeatherStatement.125D0A893C34MA.BOXSPSBOX.7848b802c533cab2e5608d8709cadbe1