Special Weather Statement

AT 654 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES EAST OF ASHFIELD TO HUNTINGTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENFIELD TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTHAMPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... SHELBURNE...CONWAY... SOUTHAMPTON...WILLIAMSBURG...WESTHAMPTON...GREENFIELD... DEERFIELD...EASTHAMPTON...WHATELY...NORTHAMPTON...SUNDERLAND... GILL...SOUTH HADLEY...MONTAGUE...HATFIELD...GRANBY...HADLEY... AMHERST...LEVERETT...WENDELL...WARWICK...SHUTESBURY...PELHAM... ORANGE...NEW SALEM...ERVING AND BELCHERTOWN FOR YOUR SAFETY...GET INSIDE WHEN THIS STORM APPROACHES. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE MINOR STREET FLOODING AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. GET INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE NOW! IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. AVOID OPEN AREAS SUCH AS GOLF COURSES OR BALL FIELDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.