588  
WWUS51 KBOX 082100  
SVSBOX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
500 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026  
 
MAC011-013-015-082145-  
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-260808T2145Z/  
HAMPSHIRE MA-FRANKLIN MA-HAMPDEN MA-  
500 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT  
FOR HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES...  
 
AT 459 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM SAVOY TO OTIS TO NEAR NORFOLK, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. AT 430 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED  
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN LENOX MA.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SPRINGFIELD, CHICOPEE, WESTFIELD, HOLYOKE, AMHERST, NORTHAMPTON,  
AGAWAM, WEST SPRINGFIELD, GREENFIELD, DEERFIELD, LUDLOW, SOUTH  
HADLEY, EASTHAMPTON, LONGMEADOW, EAST LONGMEADOW, SOUTHWICK,  
MONTAGUE, GRANBY, SOUTHAMPTON, AND HADLEY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4215 7307 4214 7305 4215 7303 4231 7300  
4231 7303 4233 7306 4238 7307 4238 7301  
4260 7296 4258 7251 4204 7252 4204 7305  
4210 7307 4212 7306  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 270DEG 21KT 4257 7302 4222 7306 4205 7317  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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