NWS Boston/Norton MASV.W 0022June 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 1 more, MA
The National Weather Service office in Boston/Norton issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 1 more in Massachusetts, which was in force until 4:00 p.m. local time on June 30. It was the 22nd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Boston/Norton issued in 2026. Massachusetts had 17 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 2026, against 25 in an average June of 2008-2025 (Massachusetts's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Boston/Norton MA
- Area
- Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 1 more
- State
- Massachusetts
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:54 p.m. EDT, June 30, 2026
- Expires
- 4:00 p.m. EDT, June 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBOX SV.W 0022
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts since 2008Every warning type in Massachusetts
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The notice as issued
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... East central Hampden County in western Massachusetts... * Until 400 PM EDT. * At 253 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located over Belchertown, or 8 miles southeast of Amherst, moving east at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Amherst, Ludlow, Belchertown, Palmer, Ware, Sturbridge, Granby, Barre, Warren, North Brookfield, West Brookfield, Brimfield, Brookfield, Hardwick, Oakham, Shutesbury, Pelham, Petersham, New Braintree, and New Salem.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts since 2008122 a year
- Every warning type in Massachusetts
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, June 20265,183 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels