Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 5:52PM EDT until October 16 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
October 16, 2026 - 2:52pm
Expires:
October 16, 2026 - 3:45pm
Description:
SVRBOX
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Worcester County in central Massachusetts...
Hampshire County in western Massachusetts...
Central Franklin County in western Massachusetts...
Hampden County in western Massachusetts...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 551 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near East Windsor to near Otis to near Norfolk,
moving east at 70 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Worcester, Springfield, Chicopee, Westfield, Leominster, Fitchburg,
Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton, Agawam, West Springfield, Deerfield,
Ludlow, Gardner, South Hadley, Holden, Easthampton, Belchertown,
Wilbraham, and Oxford.
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
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov