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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Warning Issued for Damaging Winds, Possibility of Severe Thunderstorm

The National Weather Service is warning of the possibility of a severe thunderstorm and damaging winds on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

There’s a severe thunderstorm warning in place for Danvers on Tuesday night and early Wednesday, meaning there’s a chance of a strong thunderstorm moving through the area. The National Weather Service issued the watch at 7:55 p.m. on Tuesday. There had also been a wind advisory in place, but at 7:31 p.m. it was upgraded to a high wind warning. The severe thunderstorm watch extends across most of eastern and central Massachusetts, including Danvers, plus portions of southern New Hampshire, northern Connecticut and most of Rhode Island. It runs until 3 a.m. on Wednesday. The watch means that conditions are favorable for the formation of a severe thunderstorm. The high wind warning is issued when sustained winds of 40 mph are expected for at …

Friday, August 10, 2012

Flash Flood Warning Issued for Friday Evening

Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall rates are headed toward Danvers, which has prompted a flood warning.

A flash flood warning is now in effect for Danvers until 10 p.m. on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The warning was issued because of the heavy rain moving across the area as part of thunderstorms. The storms are headed northward and have already dropped one to two inches of rain in a short period of time, the weather service said. The warning, which was issued at 5:55 p.m. on Friday, includes all of Essex County. “Already reports have been received of roads becoming inundated with several inches of water in a very short period of time,” the weather service said in issuing the warning. “Flash flooding of small streams and urban areas is occurring or imminent.” The weather service said that anyone near a stream or creek …

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