Blogger Tony Mateus captures damage in downtown Springfield on video.
There are widespread power outages across Western Massachusetts and severe damage in downtown Springfield a little over three hours after a tornado touched down in the city.
Western Massachusetts Electric is reporting over 14,000 customers are without power as of 7:30 p.m.
Blogger Tony Mateus, author of the blog In the Valley, was in Springfield's South End and captured incredible footage of the damage the storm caused in the downtown area.
Meanwhile video from WWLP-22 News' downtown Springfield SkyCam showed the funnel cloud forming over the Connecticut River, swirling water and debris high into the air as it formed.
Streets were closed in downtown Springfield and there were reports of cell towers being down which caused intermittent cell service outages throughout the area.
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