SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
843 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2007

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND A FEW WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...

THE HIGHEST RISK FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EARLY OR MID AFTERNOON IS
FROM THE HARTFORD SPRINGFIELD AREA TO WORCESTER...BOSTON...WOONSOCKET
AND MARSHFIELD.

ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE DURING
MIDDAY BUT THE MAIN EVENT SHOULD BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASS TURNPIKE.

MARINERS IN THE BOSTON AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIND
GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING SOMETIME BETWEEN 1 PM AND
3 PM.

THOSE WITH PLANS FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS
AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER ON SHORT NOTICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MAY BE ISSUED DURING MIDDAY FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS STATEMENT WILL LIKELY BE UPDATED LATE THIS MORNING. EVENTUALLY THE
RISK FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS SOUTH COASTAL SECTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

|posted by Sam Lillo @ 6/28/2007 08:51:00 AM