Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service
Areas Affected: Norfolk, MA; Middlesex, MA; Suffolk, MA
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Thursday 8:57pm EDT
Alert Effective: Thursday 8:57pm EDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 9:15pm EDT
Event Onset: Thursday 8:57pm EDT
Event Ends: Thursday 9:15pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton MA
Wind Gusts: 60 MPH Hail: Up to 0.75
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR SUFFOLK...NORTHEASTERN NORFOLK AND SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTIES... At 855 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wellesley, moving south at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. This storm has a history of wind damage from Carlisle, Bedford, Weston and Waltham between 830 and 850 PM. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include... Boston, Cambridge, Quincy, Newton, Somerville, Framingham, Waltham, Brookline, Medford, Arlington, Braintree, Natick, Randolph, Watertown, Lexington, Needham, Norwood, Wellesley, Milton and Stoughton.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This storm has a history of producing multiple reports of tree and powerline damage, and remains capable of wind damage. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows. Frequent 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-4305487-3615302 Codes: MAC021, MAC017, MAC025 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/NWS-IDP-PROD-4305487-3615302