011  
WFUS51 KBOX 170001  
TORBOX  
MAC011-015-027-170030-  
/O.NEW.KBOX.TO.W.0004.240717T0001Z-240717T0030Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
801 PM EDT TUE JUL 16 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...  
EAST CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...  
EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...  
 
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 801 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED OVER LEVERETT, OR NEAR AMHERST, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE  
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.  
 
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...  
HARDWICK, LEVERETT, SHUTESBURY, PELHAM, PETERSHAM, NEW SALEM, AND  
WENDELL AROUND 805 PM EDT.  
BARRE AROUND 810 PM EDT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST  
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A  
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER  
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4237 7256 4247 7258 4253 7227 4246 7216  
4239 7216  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 261DEG 48KT 4243 7249  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
 

 
 
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