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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1114 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014
 
MAZ004>006-012>014-026-NHZ012-015-160415-
SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX-NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX
COUNTY-NORTHERN WORCESTER-WESTERN NORFOLK-SOUTHERN WORCESTER-WESTERN
ESSEX-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH-
1114 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN WORCESTER...MIDDLESEX...
NORTHWESTERN NORFOLK...WEST CENTRAL ESSEX AND SOUTHEASTERN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES...

AT 1112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
OAKHAM TO NEAR PRINCETON TO NEAR NORTHBOROUGH TO MEDWAY...AND WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WORCESTER...MANCHESTER...LOWELL...NASHUA...NEWTON...LAWRENCE...
FRAMINGHAM...HAVERHILL...WALTHAM...METHUEN...ARLINGTON...
LEOMINSTER...FITCHBURG...BILLERICA...MARLBOROUGH...WOBURN...
SHREWSBURY...CHELMSFORD...ANDOVER AND NATICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MINOR URBAN AND 
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED 
ROADS.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. FOR YOUR
SAFETY...GO INSIDE OR IN A VEHICLE. STAY AWAY FROM OPEN AREAS SUCH AS
BALL FIELDS...GOLF COURSES AND PARKS. WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER
THE STORMS END TO RESUME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

&&

LAT...LON 4299 7139 4294 7137 4293 7145 4283 7143
      4282 7138 4277 7135 4274 7119 4280 7118
      4282 7115 4265 7105 4204 7140 4229 7170
      4236 7190 4226 7213 4292 7173 4300 7141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 209DEG 42KT 4237 7200 4243 7186 4235 7166 4215
7143

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