BOSTON — We’re on a SEVERE WEATHER ALERT from the Boston 25 Weather Team due to a severe thunderstorm in our area.
This alert is in effect for West central Essex County, Northeastern Middlesex County, and Northeastern Worcester County until 5:30 p.m.
Those areas include Lowell, Methuen, Billerica, Chelmsford, Andover, Dracut, Tewksbury, Westford, Pepperell, Tyngsborough, Groton, Lunenburg, Townsend, Littleton, Lancaster, Ayer, Shirley, Harvard, and Dunstable.
The National Weather Service has also said to expect “60 mph wind gusts and quarter-sized hail.”
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