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WWUS71 KBOX 191802
NPWBOX
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
202 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2026
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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN
WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX
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-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SMITHFIELD, VERNON, PROVIDENCE,
WILLIMANTIC, TAUNTON, BARRE, ORANGE, WORCESTER, LOWELL, WEST
WARWICK, UNION, LAWRENCE, WARWICK, QUINCY, BROCKTON, GREENFIELD,
NORWOOD, CAMBRIDGE, WEST GREENWICH, EAST GREENWICH, HARTFORD,
FOSTER, COVENTRY, FITCHBURG, PUTNAM, MILFORD, SPRINGFIELD,
GLOUCESTER, WINDSOR LOCKS, NORTHAMPTON, FOXBOROUGH, PLYMOUTH,
AYER, AMHERST, BOSTON, AND FRAMINGHAM
202 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2026
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 96.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT, CENTRAL, EASTERN,
NORTHEASTERN, SOUTHEASTERN, AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, AND
NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE.
VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX
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