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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
351 PM EDT Thu Aug 15 2024


MAC009-017-027-152015-
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Essex MA-Worcester MA-Middlesex MA-
351 PM EDT Thu Aug 15 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL ESSEX...NORTHEASTERN WORCESTER AND NORTHEASTERN
MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

At 351 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Carlisle, or
near Billerica, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Lowell, Billerica, Woburn, Chelmsford, Andover, Tewksbury, Reading,
Burlington, Wilmington, Westford, Acton, Concord, North Reading,
Bedford, Lynnfield, Littleton, Ayer, Harvard, Boxborough, and
Carlisle.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4266 7120 4253 7106 4247 7156 4256 7155
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 352DEG 16KT 4252 7134 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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