Tornado Watch In Effect As Severe Storms Sweep Through Area

A Tornado Watch is in effect for Fairfield County as severe storms sweep through the area from west to east.

A look at the storms and rain moving east to west late Tuesday afternoon.
Photo Credit: *National Weather Service*

10/02/2018 5:20 p.m.

The watch went into effect at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday and lasts until midnight.

The watch comes after a Tornado Warning expired at 4:45 p.m. in Northern Westchester after a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado crossed over the Hudson River from Pomona in Rockland County to Peekskill.

The chance for showers and thunderstorms lasts through midnight.

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