Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued For The Area

The National Weather Service in has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...Central New Haven County in southern Connecticut...

* Until 230 PM EDT

* At 138 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Derby, or near Shelton, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
Seymour and Derby around 145 PM EDT.

Woodbridge around 200 PM EDT.

Beacon Falls around 205 PM EDT.

Bethany around 210 PM EDT.

Orange around 215 PM EDT.

New Haven and Hamden around 230 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

At 207 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause minor flooding in the advisory area.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...

New Haven, Wallingford, Guilford, Hamden, Branford, North Haven, North Branford, Orange, Woodbridge, Killingworth, Bethany, North Madison, West Haven, East Haven and Madison.