UPDATE: WEATHER UPDATE: Strong Thunderstorms, Possible Flooding, Heavy Rains Forecast

Update 6:45 p.m. A total of 1,334 people are without power including 566 in Woodbury, 148 in Berlin and 213 people in Greenwich.

Update 4 p.m. The National Weather Service has now issued a Flash Food Watch for both Fairfield and New Haven counties until 11 p.m. and in its advisory the weather service writes that thunderstorms may also produce damaging wind gusts and large hail.

Specifically, for Fairfield County the National Weather Service writes, “heavy rain with rainfall rates as high as 2 to 3 inches per hour could cause flash flooding,” and its not out of the possibility that nearly 4 inches of rain could fall in some areas.

A Hazardous Weather Outlook and Flash Flood Watch are both in effect until 11 p.m. for Hartford and Tolland counties.

Update 3 p.m. At 2:19 p.m. the National Weather Service writes that a cluster of showers and thunderstorms will cause minor flooding for northern and central Hartford County.

On the positive side, only two power outages have been reported for the entire state, one in New Britain and one in Newtown.

Original post: The National Weather Service has issued several advisories and hazardous weather outlooks for most of the state of Connecticut for Sunday afternoon and evening.

The most severe advisory is for northern Harford County where strong thunderstorms are forecast as of 2 p.m. Hail up to the size of peas and wind gusts up to 40 mph can be expected there, the National Weather Service says in its Special Weather Statement.

For southern Hartford and Tolland counties, heavy rainfall could lead to some minor flooding, the National Weather Service writes in its Hazardous Weather Outlook.

A Hazardous Weather Outlook has been issued for New Haven County, as the National Weather Service writes that a “slow moving cold front will bring showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.”

“There is a low potential for some of this activity to produce flash flooding,” the NWS writes.

For Fairfield County, a flash flood watch is in effect until 11 p.m. Sunday as rain and thunderstorms could produce flooding, the National Weather Service writes. A Hazardous Weather Outlook is also issued for Fairfield County.

We’ll keep updating this story.