
A tornado warning was issued for the Westford area Saturday afternoon.
Here’s the alert from the National Weather Service:
- ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...
- WEST CENTRAL ESSEX AND SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES...
- AT 438 PM EDT...THERE HAS BEEN NO CONFIRMATION OF A TORNADO. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NASHUA...
- MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LOWELL...NASHUA...LAWRENCE...METHUEN...ANDOVER...DRACUT... TEWKSBURY...HUDSON...PELHAM...PEPPERELL...TYNGSBOROUGH...HOLLIS AND DUNSTABLE.
- PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. GO TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
Photo: A Doppler radar shot of Massachusetts at about 4:50 p.m. The red lines indicate the areas included in a tornado warning. (Credit: National Weather Service)
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