Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service
Areas Affected: Hampshire, MA; Worcester, MA; Hampden, MA
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Thursday 5:47pm EDT
Alert Effective: Thursday 5:47pm EDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 6:30pm EDT
Event Onset: Thursday 5:47pm EDT
Event Ends: Thursday 6:30pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton MA
Wind Gusts: 60 MPH Hail: 1
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE AND EAST CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTIES... At 545 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over New Braintree, or 17 miles west of Worcester, moving south at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported a tree down on power lines in Barre, MA at 544 PM. IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Locations impacted include... Southbridge, Oxford, Charlton, Palmer, Spencer, Dudley, Leicester, Ware, Sturbridge, Rutland, Barre, Warren, Paxton, North Brookfield, West Brookfield, Brimfield, Brookfield, Hardwick, Holland and East Brookfield.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
ID: NWS-IDP-PROD-4304968-3614974 Codes: MAC015, MAC027, MAC013 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/NWS-IDP-PROD-4304968-3614974