2:44 PM UPDATE:
This storm was upgraded to a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for our area. Part of the warning says: MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! See full Warning below:
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL LITCHFIELD COUNTY…
AT 239 PM EDT… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL… AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILTON… OR 8 MILES WEST OF TORRINGTON…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… LITCHFIELD GREEN… LITCHFIELD… HAIGHT VINEYARD AND DRAKEVILLE BY 255 PM EDT… NEWBERRY CORNER… WEST TORRINGTON… WRIGHTVILLE AND TORRINGTON
BY 300 PM EDT… EAST LITCHFIELD BY 305 PM EDT… HARWINTON BY 310 PM EDT…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS… CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER… IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER… YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WARREN WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM… TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE… DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.
The sky looks ominous as the storm clouds move in. View of the large maple tree in front of the NewHartfordPlus HQ. Photo: Maria Moore
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1:30 PM REPORT:
The National Weather Service has issued the following Hazardous Weather Outlook for Northwestern Connecticut – which of course, includes New Hartford, Barkhamsted, etc.:
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS… MID HUDSON VALLEY… AND SOUTHERN TACONICS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE… THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. (Sunday, July 1, 2012).
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON (MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM) AHEAD OF A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE REGION AND A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE AREA.
ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP WILL MOVE FROM WEST NORTHWEST TO EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS.
Please keep this possibility of severe weather at the back of your mind as you go about your Sunday plans, the NewHartfordPlus crew.
For the most up-to-date weather forecast for our area visit the New Hartford, CT forecast section of the National Weather Service website.
View of skyline during severe thunderstorm forecast. Image from the internet
