Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service
Areas Affected: Franklin, MA; Hampshire, MA; Worcester, MA
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Sunday 8:47pm EDT
Alert Effective: Sunday 8:47pm EDT
Alert Expires: Sunday 9:45pm EDT
Event Onset: Sunday 8:47pm EDT
Event Ends: Sunday 9:45pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton MA
Wind Gusts: Up to 50 MPH Hail: 1
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Worcester County in central Massachusetts... Northwestern Hampshire County in western Massachusetts... Franklin County in western Massachusetts... * Until 945 PM EDT. * At 847 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hawley, or 13 miles southeast of North Adams, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. * Locations impacted include... Greenfield, Orange, Deerfield, Monroe, Athol, Montague, Sunderland, Northfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Conway, Shelburne, Leverett, Erving, Ashfield, Colrain, Gill, Charlemont, Royalston and Goshen.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and 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-4126161-3497240 Codes: MAC011, MAC015, MAC027 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/NWS-IDP-PROD-4126161-3497240