NEW: Scattered Thunderstorms Friday Evening Have Potential to be “Strong to Severe” in RI
Friday, July 01, 2016
The National Weather Service has said that "isolated to scattered thunderstorms" in Providence and parts of Rhode Island early this evening have the potential to be "strong to severe."
See NWS Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
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-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT 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...FOXBOROUGH...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER...FOSTER...
SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...COVENTRY...WEST GREENWICH...
EAST GREENWICH...WARWICK...WEST WARWICK...BRISTOL...
NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT
FRI JUL 1 2016
...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE GREATER CONCERN IS
FOR A POSSIBLE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE
REGION FROM THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THIS
EVENING.
A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO BE STRONG TO SEVERE. DAMAGING WIND...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS.
HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE IN WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.
TIMING OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE 6 TO 9 PM ACROSS WESTERN
NEW ENGLAND...AND IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER THEY WILL REACH
BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
