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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 11:05 PM Aug. 13, 2025 – National Weather Service
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 705 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Boxford, or near North Andover, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Haverhill, Methuen, Gloucester, North Andover, Danvers, Newburyport, North Reading, Ipswich, Middleton, Salisbury, Georgetown, Boxford, Hamilton, Rockport, Newbury, Groveland, Topsfield, Rowley, Wenham, and West Newbury. 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 10:58 PM Aug. 13, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Norton has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Essex County in northeastern Massachusetts... Northeastern Middlesex County in northeastern Massachusetts... * Until 900 PM EDT. * At 658 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated repeated rounds of thunderstorms over the Massachusetts and New Hampshire border, capable of producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2.5 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to as much as 4 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly as storms move over the same areas. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low- lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen, Billerica, Chelmsford, Andover, Dracut, Tewksbury, North Andover, Danvers, Wilmington, Newburyport, Amesbury, North Reading, Ipswich, Tyngsborough, Middleton, Georgetown and Boxford. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED; EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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