- In force from
- Oct 16, 5:52 PM EDT
- Until
- Oct 16, 6:45 PM EDT
- Issued
- Oct 16, 5:52 PM EDT
- Updated
- 1 time, last Oct 16, 6:21 PM EDT
- Office
- Boston/Norton, MA
- Number
- 53 of its kind from this office this year
- Severity
- Severe
- Storm motion
- Moving east at 69 mph
- Where
- MA
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL WORCESTER...HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTIES
At 620 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Wendell to near Amherst to West Springfield, moving east at 70 mph.
- Hazard
- 60 mph wind gusts.
- Source
- Trained weather spotters. At 610PM, trained spotters reported multiple tree brances down in Cummington, MA.
- Impact
- Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include... Chicopee, Westfield, Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton, Deerfield, Ludlow, Gardner, South Hadley, Holden, Easthampton, Belchertown, Palmer, Spencer, Athol, Ware, Montague, Templeton, Rutland, and Westminster.
What to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Places under it Amherst, Holyoke, Northampton, Easthampton Town, Ware, Belchertown, North Brookfield, Rutland, South Deerfield, Hatfield, Granby, Barre, and 3 more
Read the platesThunderstorm FB-EVT-001Supercell FB-EVT-007WSR-88D radar FB-INS-005Cumulonimbus FB-SKY-019Wall cloud FB-SKY-040Cumulonimbus architecture FB-SKY-041Overshooting top and above anvil plume FB-SKY-042How to read a warning FB-STN-001
On the radarRadar over it