Strong Storms Could Hit Area Friday Afternoon
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The following is a press release from the Stoughton Fire Department though the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA):
The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement: Strong to Severe thunderstorms are possible later this afternoon into this evening [Friday, June 22].
Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across Southern New England by mid afternoon ahead of an approaching cold front.
A few thunderstorms may become severe with the primary threat being damaging wind gusts. Heavy rainfall will also be a concern which could lead to isolated flooding if storms move over the same areas. The storms should initially develop in the interior by 2 or 3 p.m., moving toward the coast by early evening.
People engaged in outdoor activities should keep an eye to the sky and be ready to quickly move to shelter if a Severe Thunderstorm Warning is issued or the sky begins to look threatening.
Please monitor the weather forecast throughout the day. Additional forecast information is available at www.weather.gov/boston.
Jeffrey Pickette
5:57 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Update for Saturday, June 23:
The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a Severe Thunder Strom Warning for Northeastern Norfolk, Southern Suffolk northwestern Plymouth, and Bristol counties until 6:15 PM.
At 5:23 PM National weather Doppler radar indicated a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing Quarter size hail and strong winds in excess of Sixty miles per hour. These storms are moving east at 15 miles per hour. This message has been sent by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.