Weather Alerts For Fitchburg, 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. # SUMMARY -------------------- The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a - Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Windham County in northern Connecticut... Tolland County in northern Connecticut... Hartford County in northern Connecticut... South central Worcester County in central Massachusetts... Southern Hampden County in western Massachusetts... - Until 730 PM EDT. - At 640 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Canton to near Avon to Thomaston, moving east at 75 mph. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE Radar indicated. IMPACT Expect damage to trees and power lines. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE Springfield, Hartford, New Britain, West Hartford, Bristol, Manchester, East Hartford, Enfield, Southington, Glastonbury, Newington, Vernon, Windsor, Agawam, West Springfield, Wethersfield, Mansfield, South Windsor, Farmington, and Simsbury. ISSUED AT Friday, October 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA HEADER BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED | Severe Thunderstorm Warning # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

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.