Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 31 at 8:40PM EDT until March 31 at 9:45PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 31, 2026 - 5:40pm
Expires:
March 31, 2026 - 6:45pm
Description:
SVRBOX
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Worcester County in central Massachusetts...
Northern Hampshire County in western Massachusetts...
Franklin County in western Massachusetts...
Northwestern Hampden County in western Massachusetts...
* Until 945 PM EDT.
* At 839 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Stamford to near Cheshire to near Becket,
moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. A wind gust to
51 mph was reported in Pittsfield from these
thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Amherst, Northampton, Greenfield, Orange, Deerfield, Monroe,
Montague, Hadley, Sunderland, Hatfield, Northfield, Williamsburg,
Huntington, Bernardston, Buckland, Conway, Shelburne, Leverett,
Erving, and Shutesbury.
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