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277 WWUS51 KBOX 090000SVSBOXSevere Weather StatementNational Weather Service Boston/Norton MA800 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024MAC005-023-RIC001-003-005-007-090030-/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-240509T0030Z/Plymouth MA-Bristol MA-Newport RI-Kent RI-Providence RI-Bristol RI-800 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDTFOR SOUTH CENTRAL PLYMOUTH...SOUTHERN BRISTOL...NEWPORT...EASTERNKENT...SOUTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE AND BRISTOL COUNTIES...At 800 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dartmouth,moving east at 40 mph.HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.SOURCE...Radar indicated.IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.Locations impacted include...Providence, New Bedford, Fall River, Warwick, Cranston, EastProvidence, Dartmouth, West Warwick, North Kingstown, Newport,Bristol, Marion, Wareham, Somerset, Portsmouth, Barrington,Middletown, Fairhaven, Swansea, and Tiverton.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of abuilding.Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leadingkillers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough tobe struck by lightning.&&LAT...LON 4142 7099 4144 7097 4147 7100 4145 7110 4155 7143 4157 7144 4159 7140 4165 7141 4160 7149 4161 7158 4182 7141 4173 7066 4164 7071 4151 7094 4148 7091 4153 7076 4147 7079 4145 7084 4143 7081 4139 7091TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 278DEG 35KT 4160 7096 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATEDMAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 INWIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATEDMAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH$$Frank