Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 4:05PM EDT until June 18 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 18, 2026 - 1:05pm
Expires:
June 18, 2026 - 2:00pm
Description:
SVRBOX
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Worcester County in central Massachusetts...
Northwestern Middlesex County in northeastern Massachusetts...
Northeastern Franklin County in western Massachusetts...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 404 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Warwick to Montague, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Leominster, Fitchburg, Orange, Deerfield, Gardner, Athol,
Pepperell, Groton, Winchendon, Lunenburg, Townsend, Montague,
Lancaster, Templeton, Sterling, Westminster, Shirley, Ashburnham,
Hubbardston, and Princeton.
Instruction:
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for western,
central and northeastern Massachusetts.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for western,
central and northeastern Massachusetts.
Area Description:
Franklin, MA; Middlesex, MA; Worcester, MA
Forcast Office:
NWS Boston/Norton MA
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