National Weather Service has posted:
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL WORCESTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTIES…At 307 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Boylston, or
near Shrewsbury, moving east at 50 mph.HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Expect considerable damage to trees and power lines. Damage
is likely to mobile homes and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include…
Worcester, Framingham, Marlborough, Shrewsbury, Hudson, Westborough,
Grafton, Sudbury, Holden, Ashland, Auburn, Hopkinton, Northborough,
Clinton, Holliston, Millbury, Spencer, Leicester, Maynard and
Southborough.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.. . .THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT…CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE…0.75 IN
WIND THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST…70 MPH
