Massachusetts Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/02/2026 19:56

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 2 at 10:56PM EDT until July 3 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 2, 2026 - 7:56pm
Expires: 
July 2, 2026 - 9:00pm
Description: 
SVRBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Worcester County in central Massachusetts... Southeastern Hampshire County in western Massachusetts... Southeastern Franklin County in western Massachusetts... Northeastern Hampden County in western Massachusetts... * Until midnight EDT. * At 1056 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Granby, or near Chicopee, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Springfield, Chicopee, Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton, West Springfield, Ludlow, South Hadley, Southbridge, Belchertown, Wilbraham, Charlton, Palmer, Spencer, Dudley, Ware, Sturbridge, Monson, Rutland, and Granby.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Franklin, MA; Hampden, MA; Hampshire, MA; Worcester, MA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Boston/Norton MA