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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
131 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>019-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>005-222000-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...
WEARE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...
WARWICK...BRISTOL
131 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING IN PARTS OF 
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL HEAD INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN 3
PM AND 5 PM.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...AND SOUTHWEST
NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...INTO THE
PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON AREAS...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IS MORE LIMITED.
IN ADDITION...MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...WHERE OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL
YESTERDAY.
THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD HAVE A
SAFE PLACE TO GO IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SUCH AS A VEHICLE OR
INDOORS. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
UPDATED INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
$$
JWD