Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 5:25PM EDT until August 8 at 5:45PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 8, 2026 - 2:25pm
Expires:
August 8, 2026 - 2:45pm
Description:
At 524 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Buckland to near Montgomery to near Tolland,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Law enforcement.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Chicopee, Westfield, Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton,
Agawam, West Springfield, South Hadley, Easthampton, Longmeadow, East
Longmeadow, Southwick, Granby, Southampton, Hadley, Hatfield,
Williamsburg, Huntington, and Russell.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Hampden, MA; Hampshire, MA
Forcast Office:
NWS Boston/Norton MA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov