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299 WWUS51 KBOX 172146SVSBOXSevere Weather StatementNational Weather Service Boston/Norton MA546 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024MAC011-013-015-027-172230-/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-240717T2230Z/Worcester MA-Hampshire MA-Franklin MA-Hampden MA-546 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDTFOR WORCESTER...SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE...EASTERN FRANKLIN AND EASTCENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTIES...At 545 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a lineextending from near Templeton to Hardwick to Hampden, moving east at45 mph.HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.SOURCE...Radar indicated.IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.Locations impacted include...Worcester, Springfield, Chicopee, Leominster, Fitchburg, Holyoke,Amherst, Orange, Ludlow, Gardner, South Hadley, Holden, Southbridge,Auburn, Belchertown, Wilbraham, Oxford, Charlton, Palmer, andSpencer.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 these storms.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 4271 7190 4267 7186 4263 7186 4263 7178 4264 7177 4261 7168 4234 7176 4209 7191 4216 7264 4234 7252 4273 7233TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 273DEG 38KT 4261 7212 4235 7224 4208 7244 TORNADO...POSSIBLEHAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATEDMAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 INWIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATEDMAX WIND GUST...60 MPH$$KS