Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Boston / Norton, MA
Areas Affected: Tolland, CT; Windham, CT; Bristol, MA; Hampden, MA; Norfolk, MA; Worcester, MA; Kent, RI; Providence, RI
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Wednesday 12:00am EDT
Alert Effective: Wednesday 12:00am EDT
Alert Expires: Wednesday 12:45am EDT
Event Onset: Wednesday 12:00am EDT
Event Ends: Wednesday 12:45am EDT
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton MA
Wind: OBSERVED Max Wind Gusts: 60 MPH Hail: RADAR INDICATED Max Hail Size: 0.75 in
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR WINDHAM...NORTHERN TOLLAND...SOUTHERN WORCESTER...SOUTHWESTERN NORFOLK...SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN...NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL...WESTERN KENT AND PROVIDENCE COUNTIES... At 1159 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Monson to near Cranston, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Law enforcement. Trees have been downed in the towns of Scotland, Killingly and Thompson. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include... Worcester, Providence, Cranston, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Coventry, Cumberland, North Providence, Franklin, West Warwick, Johnston, North Attleborough, Mansfield, Plainfield, Attleboro, Smithfield, Lincoln, Central Falls, Grafton, and Killingly.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e5b9dc33c1ec91acc5634f049b3123d6d426d7ac.002.1 Codes: MAC005, MAC013, MAC021, MAC027 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e5b9dc33c1ec91acc5634f049b3123d6d426d7ac.002.1