A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for much of southern New England, including Massachusetts (excluding Cape & Islands), Rhode Island, and parts of Connecticut, effective through 7 p.m. on Sunday. The storms are expected to bring damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes, with wind being the primary threat. As of 2:20 p.m., the strongest storms, featuring up to tennis ball-sized hail, lightning, gusty winds, and downpours, were moving east across Connecticut toward Rhode Island, while weaker storms were observed to the north in Massachusetts.
Severe thunderstorms began moving through the region Sunday as a storm watch was issued for counties in southeast Massachusetts, as well as Connecticut and Rhode Island. There is a slight possibility of a tornado until 7 p.m. https://t.co/MddvJOaKil
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS rolling east across CT toward RI. Up to tennis ball size hail, lightning, gusty winds and downpours with the strongest storms. Storms are weaker to the north in MA as of 2:20pm #WCVB https://t.co/2ibaOnYqmo
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Massachusetts throughout Sunday https://t.co/5WDpCaRihi
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for much of southern New England. @4cast4you has all the details. https://t.co/wTirQmp3sA https://t.co/ikOAmoLNHk
SEVERE T-STORM WATCH issued for most of MA (minus Cape & Islands), RI and parts of CT through 7pm. A WATCH means be prepared for storms to arrive over the next few hours. These storms threaten to produce damaging wind, hail & isolated tornadoes (wind is the top threat) https://t.co/NA0AXT5jna