Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 4:41PM EDT until August 8 at 5:45PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 8, 2026 - 1:41pm
Expires:
August 8, 2026 - 2:45pm
Description:
SVRBOX
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Hampshire County in western Massachusetts...
Central Franklin County in western Massachusetts...
Hampden County in western Massachusetts...
* Until 545 PM EDT.
* At 440 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Cheshire to 6 miles west of Otis to Canaan, moving
east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Chicopee, Westfield, Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton,
Agawam, West Springfield, Greenfield, Deerfield, Ludlow, South
Hadley, Easthampton, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Southwick,
Montague, Granby, Southampton, and Hadley.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Franklin, MA; Hampden, MA; Hampshire, MA
Forcast Office:
NWS Boston/Norton MA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov