Severe Thunderstorm Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... WESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... EASTERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANSFIELD... WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILLIMANTIC...PUTNAM...PLAINFIELD... SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRIMFIELD TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO COLCHESTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... WALES...WINDHAM... HOLLAND...UNION...ASHFORD...CHAPLIN...SCOTLAND...EASTFORD... STURBRIDGE...SOUTHBRIDGE...HAMPTON...CANTERBURY...WOODSTOCK... CHARLTON...POMFRET...BROOKLYN...DUDLEY...STERLING...DANIELSON... OXFORD...WEBSTER...KILLINGLY...THOMPSON...WEST GREENWICH... COVENTRY...SUTTON...FOSTER...MILLBURY...DOUGLAS...BURRILLVILLE... SCITUATE...GLOCESTER...WHITINSVILLE...NORTHBRIDGE...UXBRIDGE AND UPTON IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. GET INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE NOW! IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. DRIVERS SHOULD AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.