Massachusetts Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/14/2026 16:09

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 14 at 7:09PM EDT until April 14 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 14, 2026 - 4:09pm
Expires: 
April 14, 2026 - 5:15pm
Description: 
SVRBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Worcester County in central Massachusetts... Hampshire County in western Massachusetts... Franklin County in western Massachusetts... Northwestern Hampden County in western Massachusetts... * Until 815 PM EDT. * At 708 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Colrain to near East Windsor to Housatonic, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. A wind gust to 59 mph was observed in Pittsfield as of 658 PM. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Chicopee, Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton, Greenfield, Orange, Deerfield, Ludlow, Gardner, South Hadley, Easthampton, Belchertown, Monroe, Athol, Winchendon, Ware, Montague, Templeton, Granby, and Ashburnham.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Franklin, MA; Hampden, MA; Hampshire, MA; Worcester, MA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Boston/Norton MA