Weather Alerts For Dudley, MA

A Weather Alert has been issued for a nearby area. While your current location is outside of the impacted area, please stay alert and monitor weather conditions. # HEADLINE -------------------- A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL WORCESTER, HAMPSHIRE, SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTIES # SUMMARY -------------------- At 620 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Wendell to near Amherst to West Springfield, moving east at 70 mph. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE Trained weather spotters. At 610PM, trained spotters reported multiple tree brances down in Cummington, MA. IMPACT Expect damage to trees and power lines. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE Chicopee, Westfield, Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton, Deerfield, Ludlow, Gardner, South Hadley, Holden, Easthampton, Belchertown, Palmer, Spencer, Athol, Ware, Montague, Templeton, Rutland, and Westminster. ISSUED AT Friday, October 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA HEADER Severe Weather Statement # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Franklin MA, Hampden MA, Hampshire MA, Worcester MA

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SUMMARY Thunderstorms capable of producing damaging winds and perhaps a tornado or two are expected across parts of the Mid-Atlantic into southern New England this afternoon and early evening. 20Z Update Only two changes are made to the outlook for this issuance. The first change is to trim the western edge of the slight risk and associated wind and tornado probabilities, to account for the eastward progression of a cold front. The second change is to trim the western edge of the thunder line from much of the Ohio Valley and central Appalachians Mountains.