Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 14 at 7:42PM EDT until April 14 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
April 14, 2026 - 4:42pm
Expires:
April 14, 2026 - 5:15pm
Description:
At 741 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Ashburnham to near Hadley to near Chester, moving east
at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Law enforcement and Doppler radar. These storms have downed
trees in Hawley, Greenfield and Deerfield between 725 and
730 PM.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Chicopee, Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton, Greenfield, Orange,
Deerfield, Ludlow, Gardner, South Hadley, Easthampton, Belchertown,
Athol, Winchendon, Ware, Montague, Templeton, Granby, Ashburnham, and
Southampton.
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