Updated Forecast for Litchfield County in Northwest Connecticut; 4:51 p.m.:
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
451 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK… AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT.
.DAY ONE… TONIGHT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE… SOME MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SOME BRIEF DOWNPOURS.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT…
NORTHEASTERN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK…
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 131 PM EDT… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHARON… OR 17 MILES WEST OF TORRINGTON… AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… CORNWALL BRIDGE AND CORNWALL BRIDGE POTTERY BY 145 PM EDT… LITCHFIELD GREEN AND LITCHFIELD BY 200 PM EDT… TORRINGTON…LITCHFIELD GREEN AND LITCHFIELD BY 205 PM EDT… THOMASTON AND NEW HARTFORD BY 215 PM EDT… TERRYVILLE BY 220 PM EDT…
For updated information visit the National Weather Service Forecast page for New Hartford, CT.
The sky looks ominous as the storm clouds move in. View of the large maple tree in front of the NewHartfordPlus HQ. Photo: NewHartfordPlus archives
