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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
405 PM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026

The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Worcester County in central Massachusetts...
  Northwestern Middlesex County in northeastern Massachusetts...
  Northeastern Franklin County in western Massachusetts...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 404 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Warwick to Montague, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Leominster, Fitchburg, Orange, Deerfield, Gardner, Athol,
  Pepperell, Groton, Winchendon, Lunenburg, Townsend, Montague,
  Lancaster, Templeton, Sterling, Westminster, Shirley, Ashburnham,
  Hubbardston, and Princeton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for western,
central and northeastern Massachusetts.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for western,
central and northeastern Massachusetts.

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LAT...LON 4270 7151 4246 7177 4254 7263 4273 7234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 276DEG 39KT 4269 7231 4256 7252 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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