Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Tolland, CT; Windham, CT; Franklin, MA +6 more
SVRBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Windham County in northern Connecticut... Northeastern Tolland County in northern Connecticut... Worcester County in central...
Official alert brief
SVRBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Windham County in northern Connecticut... Northeastern Tolland County in northern Connecticut... Worcester County in central Massachusetts... West central Norfolk County in eastern Massachusetts... Southeastern Hampshire County in western Massachusetts... Central Middlesex County in northeastern Massachusetts... Eastern Franklin County in western Massachusetts... Southeastern Hampden County in western Massachusetts... Northwestern Providence County in Rhode Island... * Until 100 AM EDT. * At 1156 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Royalston to Hardwick to near Hampden, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. These storms have had a history of downing trees and powerlines in Ashfield and Blandfield. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Worcester, Lowell, Framingham, Woonsocket, Leominster, Fitchburg, Marlborough, Shrewsbury, Chelmsford, Natick, Franklin, Dracut, Milford, Orange, Westford, Acton, Gardner, Hudson, Westborough, and Grafton.
Instructions
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Frequent 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.