Severe Thunderstorm Warning Massachusetts | Effective 03/31/2026 17:40

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