Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 5:43PM EDT until August 8 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 8, 2026 - 2:43pm
Expires:
August 8, 2026 - 3:45pm
Description:
SVRBOX
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Tolland County in northern Connecticut...
Northeastern Hartford County in northern Connecticut...
Southwestern Worcester County in central Massachusetts...
Southeastern Hampshire County in western Massachusetts...
Southeastern Franklin County in western Massachusetts...
Southeastern Hampden County in western Massachusetts...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 543 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Belchertown to near Granby, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Worcester, Springfield, Chicopee, Enfield, Westfield, Agawam, West
Springfield, Ludlow, South Hadley, Auburn, Longmeadow, Suffield,
East Longmeadow, Ellington, Tolland, Belchertown, Wilbraham,
Charlton, Windsor Locks, and Palmer.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Hartford, CT; Tolland, CT; Franklin, MA; Hampden, MA; Hampshire, MA; Worcester, MA
Forcast Office:
NWS Boston/Norton MA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov