NEW: Tornado Warning Issued For Worcester Area

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Monday, July 01, 2013

GoLocalWorcester News Team

A tornado warning has been issued for the Worcester area by the National Weather Service. The following is the official warning for the region.

..A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
MIDDLESEX...WESTERN ESSEX...NORTHEASTERN WORCESTER AND SOUTHEASTERN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES...

AT 241 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LITTLETON...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOWELL...LAWRENCE...DRACUT...PELHAM...NORTH ANDOVER...METHUEN...
CHELMSFORD...CARLISLE...BOLTON...STOW...ANDOVER...BERLIN...CLINTON...
HUDSON...TYNGSBORO...TEWKSBURY...HARVARD...AYER...BOXBOROUGH AND
LITTLETON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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