Tornado warning, northern Mass, currently in Ayer

[nightfighter]

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... WESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 224 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LANCASTER... OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEOMINSTER... AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LOWELL... LAWRENCE... DRACUT... PELHAM... NORTH ANDOVER... METHUEN... CHELMSFORD... CARLISLE... BOLTON... STOW... ANDOVER... BERLIN... CLINTON... HUDSON... TYNGSBORO... TEWKSBURY... HARVARD... AYER... BOXBOROUGH AND LITTLETON.