NWS Boston/Norton MASV.W 0038July 16, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Essex, MA
The National Weather Service office in Boston/Norton issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Essex in Massachusetts, which was in force until 6:45 p.m. local time on July 16. It was the 38th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Boston/Norton issued in 2026. Massachusetts had 16 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 2026, against 40 in an average July of 2008-2025 (Massachusetts's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 58 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Boston/Norton MA
- Area
- Essex
- State
- Massachusetts
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:47 p.m. EDT, July 16, 2026
- Expires
- 6:45 p.m. EDT, July 16, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBOX SV.W 0038
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Essex County in northeastern Massachusetts... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 547 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Georgetown, or 7 miles east of Haverhill, moving southeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen, Salem, Beverly, Andover, Gloucester, North Andover, Danvers, Newburyport, Amesbury, Ipswich, Middleton, Salisbury, Georgetown, Boxford, Hamilton, Rockport, Newbury, and Groveland.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.