Connecticut
National Weather Service issues severe thunderstorm warning for parts of CT
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Connecticut.
The warning is for Windham County, Northern Tolland County, Northern Hartford County, parts of Massachusetts and part of Rhode Island.
The service reported that at 4:21 p.m. Wednesday severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Leicester to Stafford, moving southeast at 20 mph. The potential hazard includes 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail, the service saId.
The service also reported that radar indicated at 4:15 p.m. that hail up to quarter size was reported in Springfield.
As of 4:20 p.m. the warning was through 5:15 p.m.
Hail damage to vehicles is expected and possible wind damage to to roofs, siding, and trees could occur, the service reported.
Locations impacted include: Worcester, Enfield, Woonsocket, Franklin, Mansfield, Windham, Grafton, Killingly, Webster, Southbridge, Bellingham, Auburn, Burrillville, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Northbridge, Ellington,
Tolland, Wilbraham, and Oxford.
Precautionary actions could include:
- For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
- Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately.
- Lightning is one of nature’s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
- Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Naugatuck Police say one person has been arrested after a multi-car accident on Route 63 Saturday afternoon.
According to police, they responded to the area of Route 63 and Cherry Street around 1 p.m. for reports of a collision with injuries.
They say a 30-year-old man from Waterbury was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol, operating under the influence with a child passenger, illegal possession of prescription drugs, failure to keep narcotics in the original container, risk of injury to a child and distracted driving.
Police say he is being held on a $10,000 Surety Bond.
This is all the information at this time.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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