Powerful storms hit western Massachusetts Tuesday evening, leaving hundreds of residents without electricity into Wednesday, according to a National Grid outage map.

Torry Dooley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Boston office, said multiple rounds of storms hit the area from Greenfield to Athol, arriving just before 7:30 p.m. Dooley added that Orange Municipal Airport reported winds at 62 mph, which was the maximum that evening.

The storms moved from west to east, and Dooley said they produced “straight-line winds” as opposed to those made by tornadoes. Although a tornado warning was issued, Dooley said that based on the weather data and reports from local emergency management agencies, no tornado was reported and a storm survey will not be conducted.

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service for parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont into Wednesday evening. Dooley recommended that people heed thunderstorm warnings and seek shelter.

Athol Deputy Fire Chief Jeffrey Parker said the town was “hit pretty good,” and that the department was busy for a few hours responding to reports of downed trees and utility lines.

“A good portion of the town was without power,” he said.

Parker added that two homes were hit by fallen trees, though no one was injured. Chestnut Hill Avenue and Old Keene Road were closed for a short period of time.

In a Facebook post on Wednesday morning, the Greenfield Police Department reported responding to more than 100 calls since 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday.

“There are still several streets that are closed and crews, thanks to the utility companies, are working to reopen them,” the department stated. “Please respect the road closed signs.”

Orange Fire Chief James Young said multiple roads had been closed, though most had since reopened as of Wednesday morning.

“We had our fair share of trees down and roads closed, a tree on a house at one location, but for the most part we’re fairly stable and working on opening roads right now,” Young said.

Young said that two rounds of storms came through the area, and calls began coming in after the first round had passed. He advised residents not to touch downed power lines.

“If anybody comes across a downed power line,” he said, “assume it’s live and call the professionals.”

Tree service companies have been hard at work, responding to calls to remove trees from yards and atop homes and buildings.

Jim Elwell, owner of Jim’s Tree Service in Greenfield, said he began getting calls on Tuesday night and had been contacted by 52 people as of Wednesday afternoon. He said much of Wednesday was spent near the Discovery School at Four Corners, where he saw seven homes with damage. He’s also responded to calls on Bernardston Road.

“We did 12 jobs today, smaller ones,” he said.

Matt Tolppa, owner of Integrated Vegetation Services LLC in Petersham, said he’s worked mostly near Packard Pond in Orange and Sportsmans Pond in Athol.

MD Tree Service owner Mike Dagilus said his Montague business had just finished removing two large pines trees from atop a veterinary clinic on Bernardston Road in Greenfield.

“Been at it since this morning,” he said Wednesday afternoon. “I expect to be at it for a while, then on to the next one to take [a tree] off the roof.”

Max Bowen can be reached at 413-930-4074 or mbowen@recorder.com.