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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
643 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...  
SOUTHERN NEWPORT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...  
SOUTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...  
 
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 643 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST  
GREENWICH, OR NEAR WEST WARWICK, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
WARWICK, COVENTRY, SOUTH KINGSTOWN, WEST WARWICK, NORTH KINGSTOWN,  
NEWPORT, PORTSMOUTH, MIDDLETOWN, NARRAGANSETT, EAST GREENWICH,  
RICHMOND, EXETER, WEST GREENWICH, JAMESTOWN, LITTLE COMPTON,  
GOSNOLD, AND PRUDENCE ISLAND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4139 7092 4138 7095 4146 7103 4143 7142  
4140 7144 4159 7172 4173 7158 4140 7090  
4138 7090 4136 7086 4135 7087  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 307DEG 29KT 4162 7158  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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