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Brace for possible booms, flashes, high winds and big hail

By adamg on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 3:57pm
Ominous clouds over Kendall Square in Cambridge

Kendall Square around 4 p.m. Photo by Ari Ofsevit.

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Boston area at 3:50 p.m.:

AT 349 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LITTLETON TO FRAMINGHAM TO NEAR NORTHBRIDGE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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Comments

By issacg on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 4:07pm.

heads up in Town, people - should be in in about 10 mins!

UPDATE: right after I wrote that, we saw some hail that was easily Ping-Pong ball sized. Lots of emergency apparatus on the move out here, too.

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By Dave on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 4:01pm.

Dime sized hail in Natick.

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By roadman on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 4:13pm.

hitting our office windows in Downtown Boston - 7th floor

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By Michael Kerpan on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 4:17pm.

... downtown, but could not gauge the size of the hail. Now mostly rain (at the moment).

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By roadman on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 4:05pm.

across the highway - I-95 (128) north at Winn Street. Roadway is closed, traffic being detoured through the interchange.

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By deepfreeze on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 4:25pm.

North Station area hit with golf ball-size hail.

Repent, sinnahs!

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By FenRes on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 4:22pm.

Just watched a Dunkin Donuts employee wade through ankle-deep water at Comm Ave/Babcock intersection to retrieve two outdoor table umbrellas that had blown onto Green Line tracks.

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By anon on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 4:23pm.

How big is that? I haven't seen a half dollar in thirty years. How old is the guy who wrote that?

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By Amanda on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 4:24pm.

Brigham and Women's hospital hit hard with golf and half dollar size hail. Scary!

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By lbb on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 4:24pm.

The sight of those cranes when a high wind is coming makes me nervous.

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By anon on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 7:41pm.

Danielle Vollmar, Ed harding, JC Monihan and the gang at WCVB were in virtual hysterics this afternoon circa 4 PM. Vollmar was beside herself saying nonsensical things like "this is a fast moving storm but it will stay with you in your area". Everything was at fever pitch. These people need to cool it with the dramatics. It's not the only storm we've ever had.

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