Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service
Areas Affected: Middlesex, MA; Norfolk, MA; Worcester, MA
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Sunday 8:56pm EDT
Alert Effective: Sunday 8:56pm EDT
Alert Expires: Sunday 9:45pm EDT
Event Onset: Sunday 8:56pm EDT
Event Ends: Sunday 9:45pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton MA
Wind Gusts: Up to 50 MPH Hail: 1.75
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER...NORTHWESTERN NORFOLK AND CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTIES... At 856 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Shrewsbury, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. A spotter reported golf ball size hail in the western part of Worcester at 8:53 PM. IMPACT...Large hail may injure people caught outdoors. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Locations impacted include... Worcester, Newton, Framingham, Marlborough, Shrewsbury, Chelmsford, Natick, Needham, Milford, Wellesley, Dedham, Westford, Acton, Hudson, Westborough, Grafton, Concord, Sudbury, Holden and Webster.
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-4126178-3497257 Codes: MAC017, MAC021, MAC027 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/NWS-IDP-PROD-4126178-3497257