Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
714 WUUS51 KBOX 082200 SVRBOX MAC005-RIC001-003-005-007-009-082300- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0040.250708T2200Z-250708T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 600 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025 The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts... Northeastern Washington County in Rhode Island... Northeastern Newport County in Rhode Island... Northeastern Kent County in Rhode Island... Southeastern Providence County in Rhode Island... Bristol County in Rhode Island... * Until 700 PM EDT. * At 600 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Barrington, or near Warwick, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Providence, New Bedford, Fall River, Warwick, Cranston, East Providence, Dartmouth, North Kingstown, Bristol, Somerset, Portsmouth, Barrington, Swansea, Tiverton, Westport, Seekonk, East Greenwich, Rehoboth, Warren, and Acushnet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. If on or near Narragansett Bay, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4166 7150 4181 7142 4174 7093 4149 7105 TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 290DEG 14KT 4172 7136 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Loconto