Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 6:58PM EDT until August 8 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 8, 2026 - 3:58pm
Expires:
August 8, 2026 - 5:00pm
Description:
SVRBOX
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Essex County in northeastern Massachusetts...
Northeastern Middlesex County in northeastern Massachusetts...
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 658 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Middleton, or
near North Andover, moving east at 35 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...
Peabody, Salem, Beverly, Andover, Gloucester, North Andover,
Danvers, Reading, North Reading, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Middleton,
Georgetown, Boxford, Hamilton, Rockport, Newbury, Groveland,
Topsfield, and Rowley.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Essex, MA; Middlesex, MA
Forcast Office:
NWS Boston/Norton MA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov