Severe Weather Potential

Severe Weather Potential

MASSACHUSETTS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS STATEMENT
JULY 7, 2014 10:30 AM

National Weather Service (NWS) is predicting the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms in western and north-central MA during the afternoons and evenings of today and tomorrow.  The primary threats associated with these storms are as follows:

Strong to damaging straight line wind gusts
Large hail
Heavy rainfall bringing the potential for localized, urban and small stream flooding
Dangerous cloud-to-ground lightening
Small risk (2% for the central to northwest Berkshire county) for tornadic activity

Today’s weather is expected to occur between 5p.m. – 10 p.m.

For additional information, please see the attached briefing from NWS Albany as well as a NWS special weather statement: http://inws.wrh.noaa.gov/weather/alertinfo/17561552.