The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for parts of Connecticut, eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island as thunderstorms move across the region from the southwest.
A shopper at the West Springfield Price Rite Supermarket uses a bag on her head to keep dry during an afternoon rainshower as she heads to her car. BOSTON (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for parts of Connecticut, eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island as thunderstorms move across the region from the southwest.
The watch issued Friday afternoon is in effect until 9 p.m. Storms also have heavy rainfall, and a flash flood warning was issued for New Haven and Middlesex Counties in Connecticut after heavy rain caused some street flooding.
Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for parts of central Connecticut and for Newport and Washington counties in southern Rhode Island.
Special marine warnings were issued for coastal waters off Connecticut, Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.