Severe Thunderstorm Watch In Effect For Most Of Region

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is now in effect for much of the region.

A look at areas covered by the Severe Thunderstorm Watch.
Photo Credit: *National Weather Service*

06/30/2021 6:30 p.m.

It lasts until 10 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, and covers Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, Greene, Columbia counties in New York, Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, New Haven, Tolland, New London, and Middlesex counties in Connecticut, and all of Massachusetts except Cape Cod, and northeast Pennsylvania. (See image above.)

Torrential rainfall is likely during storm activity. Quarter-sized hail, damaging winds, and frequent lightning are possible, along with power outages, the National Weather Service said in issuing the alert.

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