Thunder and hail storms..ominous warnings from the weather service

From The Weather Channel dot Com website:

Issued by The National Weather Service

Boston, MA

2:17 pm EDT, Tue., Jul. 7, 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... NORTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOWELL... SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NASHUA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 216 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTFORD... OR 9 MILES WEST OF LOWELL... AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... CHELMSFORD... DUNSTABLE... TYNGSBORO... DRACUT... PELHAM... MERRIMACK... LITCHFIELD AND HUDSON

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. GET INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE NOW! IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. DRIVERS SHOULD AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.