A tornado warning was issued briefly for parts of Western Massachusetts.
Updates a story posted Friday at 6:02 p.m.
Remembering the 2011 tornado, residents of Western Massachusetts took seriously a tornado warning issued at 5 p.m. Friday by the National Weather Service.
The tornado warning was lifted at 5:45 p.m., although tornado watches remained in effect until 9 p.m. for Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin Counties.
The National Weather Service reported a tornado sighting in Glastonbury, Conn., around 4:45 p.m., and reported that the tornado was moving toward eastern Hampden County, including the towns of Monson, Wilbraham, East Longmeadow, Hampden and Ludlow.
The tornado warning was downgraded to a severe thunderstorm warning by 5:45 p.m.
There was also a flooding advisory in effect until 9 p.m. for Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin Counties.
At 6 p.m. the sun broke through in Springfield.
Glastonbury, Conn., deputy emergency management director Michael Roberts said “a good amount” of trees and power lines wee down in eastern Glastonbury. He said he wasn’t aware of any structural damage. Scott DeVico, state emergency services spokesman, said he expects the National Weather Service will assess whether a tornado touched down, but there were no confirmed reports.
About 17,000 customers were reported without power in Connecticut.
Also in Connecticut there were reports of flooding in Bridgeport, Fairfield, New Haven and Middletown, as heavy rain moved across Long Island Sound and pushed into the state.
The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down on eastern Long Island during a storm that uprooted trees and damaged homes.
The tornado was moving at maximum wind speeds of about 85 miles per hour in Suffolk County Friday afternoon. The National Weather Service said it touched down near Great River and traveled north across Ronkonkoma and Bohemia.
The worst damage occurred in Bohemia at about 2 p.m. Several trees were uprooted and fell onto cars, power lines and houses.
Eyewitnesses reported the tornado moving north along the Connequot River.
There were no reports of injuries.
Material from the Associated Press was included in this story