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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
230 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026

CTZ002>004-MAZ003>007-010>021-026-RIZ001>007-080000-
/O.CON.KBOX.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-260808T0000Z/
Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Eastern Franklin MA-Northern
Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex
MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA-
Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern
Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-Eastern
Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Northern
Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI-Southeast Providence RI-
Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport
RI-
Including the cities of Lawrence, Gloucester, Norwood, Plymouth,
Vernon, Orange, Providence, Windsor Locks, Smithfield, Boston,
Willimantic, Amherst, West Warwick, Worcester, Fall River,
Springfield, Narragansett, Barre, Taunton, Putnam, Fitchburg,
Northampton, New Bedford, Foxborough, Greenfield, Cambridge, West
Greenwich, Lowell, Warwick, Framingham, Union, Brockton, Newport,
Coventry, Quincy, Mattapoisett, East Greenwich, Bristol, Foster,
Hartford, Ayer, Westerly, and Milford
230 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 98.

* WHERE...Portions of northern Connecticut, central, eastern,
  northeastern, southeastern, and western Massachusetts, and
  northern and southern Rhode Island.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
  illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.

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