Severe Thunderstorm Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANSFIELD... WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WILLIMANTIC... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHFORD...OR NEAR MANSFIELD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... EASTFORD IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. GET INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE NOW! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES TOP KILLERS. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.