Fetched: June 24th, 2010, 11:01am EDT
UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1044 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-241800-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...
PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER...JAFFREY...
KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER...
SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...
NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND
1044 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010
...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON
FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...
A STRONG COLD FRONT ENTERING WESTERN PORTIONS OF NEW YORK STATE AND
PENNSYLVANIA AT MID MORNING WILL RACE EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE OFFSHORE EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY FORMING ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS
AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM...THEN EXIT THIS
AREA BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6 PM.
FARTHER EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING CAPE COD AND THE
ISLANDS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER THE REGION BETWEEN 3 PM AND 5 PM
AND THEN EXIT THE AREA BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8 PM.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG TO DAMAGING
WINDS ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STRONGEST
STORMS MAY BE FOCUSED ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.
NEVERTHELESS THE RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXIST FOR ALL
OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON.
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