Tuesday, July 24, 2012
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for eastern Massachusetts until 8 pm. on Tuesday.
UPDATE 3:15 P.M.: The National Weather Service (NWS) has upgraded the severe thunderstorm watch to a warning for Middlesex county until 4:15 p.m. The NWS said in the warning statement that the thunderstorms could produce "deadly lightning" and torrential rain. "Get to safe shelter now, inside a sturdy building or in a vehicle," the statement said. "Do not seek shelter under trees. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Drivers should be alert for ponding of water and avoid flooded roads." Original article below: -------------- Potentially severe thunderstorms producing damaging wind gusts and hail will pass through the greater Boston area around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, the National Weather Service (NWS) warned …
Friday, June 22, 2012
Damaging wind gusts and localized flooding possible.
Strong to severe thunderstorms could develop later this afternoon into the evening, the National Weather Service (NWS) warned on Friday morning. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across southern New England by mid-afternoon ahead of an approaching cold front, the NWS said in a statement. A few thunderstorms may become severe, with the primary threat coming from damaging wind gusts, the NWS said, and heavy rainfall could also lead to isolated flooding. "The storms should initially develop in the interior by 2 or 3 p.m., moving toward the coast by early evening," the NWS statement read. "People engaged in outdoor activities should keep an eye to the sky and be ready to quickly move to shelter if a severe thunderstorm warning is…
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Before the hurricane impacts New England on Sunday, Melrosians will have to deal with potentially severe thunderstorms on Thursday.
While the focus is on Hurricane Irene's impending approach, Thursday won't be sunshine and rainbows, either. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening, according to a hazardous weather outlook statement issued Thursday morning by the National Weather Service. The city's Class of 2024 celebration at the Common has been moved indoors to the Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School gymnasium. The main threat from Thursday's thunderstorms are strong to damaging straight line winds, with hail a secondary concern, the NWS said. "Locally, heavy rainfall with any thunderstorm may result in isolated pockets of urban and poor drainage street flooding, requiring the issuance of flood advisories," the statement read. The …
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Monday, July 18, 2011
The National Weather Service warned that strong to severe thunderstorms will pass through the area on Monday afternoon and evening, and that later this week, the heat and humidity will rise to hazardous levels.
Editor's note: This article was updated on Monday at 3:25 p.m. Scattered and possibly severe thunderstorms are expected to pass through Melrose and the surrounding area this afternoon and evening, the National Weather Service (NWS) warned, but the afternoon hours might be calmer than originally forecast. In a hazardous weather outlook statement released on Monday morning, the NWS said the primary threat from any severe thunderstorm will be "strong to damaging straight line wind gusts." There's also a concern about isolated reports of large hail. "Torrential rainfall is likely with any strong to severe thunderstorm," the NWS statement said. "This could lead to localized urban and poor drainage street flooding, requiring the issuance of …
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook on Wednesday morning.
Melrose, southeast Middlesex County and most of eastern Massachusetts could see strong isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and overnight as temperatures and humidity levels skyrocket, the National Weather Service (NWS) warned on Wednesday morning. The NWS issued a hazardous weather outlook for the region on Wednesday morning regarding the thunderstorms. "Otherwise, hot and humid conditions with temperatures in the 90s away from the coast are likely," the advisory read. "Another chance for strong to severe thunderstorms will occur on Thursday as a cold front pushes through the region. The hot and humid weather will continue with temperatures once again pushing well into the 90s away from the coast." The forecast for Melrose calls mostly …
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
The National Weather Service's tornado watch, originally slated to end at 8 p.m., has been extended as the western and central part of the state weathers the brunt of the storms so far.
(Editor's note: This article was updated on Wednesday at 7:49 p.m.) The National Weather Service (NWS), which declared a tornado watch for Melrose and most of the state, extended the watch originally slated to end at 8 p.m. on Wednesday night until 11 p.m. Gov. Deval Patrick called a State of Emergency for all of Massachusetts at the same time the NWS extended the tornado watch, confirming one death due to the storms and calling up a thousand National Guardsmen to deal with the destruction and aftermath. Around 4:30 p.m., reports of tornadoes touching down in the western part of the state spread across Twitter. Possible tornadoes were sighted in Westfield and Agawam and the NWS reported on Twitter that a tornado had touched down in …
Daniel DeMaina
3:49 pm on Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Yikes, Chris. On the bright side (somewhat literally) this line of storms seems to have passed by pretty quickly. more ›