Strong To Severe Thunderstorms Will Affect Southern Worcester County Through 1 am

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms are located over northeastern Connecticut from Somers and Stafford southeastward to just southwest of Putnam. This line of strong to severe storms are moving to the northeast at a forward speed of 25 mph.

It is expected that these thunderstorms will ride right along I-84 and I-395 right into Sturbridge, Southbridge, Dudley and Webster by 12-12:15 am or so. These storms will then reach areas including Oxford, Charlton, Auburn, Sutton and Mendon by 12:30 am. Areas from Leicester to Grafton and Milford will be impacted beginning around 12:45 am.

Wind gusts of up to 50-60 mph, quarter size hail, torrential downpours with the threat for flash flooding & extremely frequent to continuous lightning are expected with these storms.

11 pm Thunderstorm Update For Those Of You That Are Near & South Of The Mass Pike

Even more thunderstorms over northern and central Connecticut seem to be slowly pushing in the direction of areas that are located near and south of the Mass Pike. I do have concerns that these additional thunderstorms will occur in the same areas that just received some heavy rainfall amounts from the previous storms this evening leading to flood issues.

The storms that are moving in a general east-northeast direction are expected to reach the area from the Springfield Metro through Agawam and East Longmeadow by 11:30 pm or so.

Areas further east around Monson, Wales, Brimfield and Holland may begin to be impacted by these thunderstorms by 11:45 pm to midnight or so.

Areas around Sturbridge and Southbridge may be affected by an area of thunderstorms just ahead of the main area storms now from Enfield to Hartford. This means that Sturbridge and Southbridge may be impacted by more storms beginning around 11:30 pm with even more thunderstorms expected beginning around midnight to 12:15 am or so.

Areas along I-395 and Route 146 looks to be affected by two more rounds of thunderstorms - the first occurring about midnight and the second round of storms beginning about 12:30-1 am or so.

Torrential downpours with the threat of flooding is highly likely with these storms. This means that areas that are susceptible to flooding needs to take these storms seriously as flooding is highly likely.

Frequent lightning is also likely with these storms, so it could get quite loud again across areas near and south of the Mass Pike over the next hour or two.

9:10 pm Thunderstorm Update For Those Of You Near & South Of The Mass Pike

A pretty loud thunderstorm with fairly frequent lightning & heavy downpours that are producing up to 3 inches per hour rainfall rates is SLOWLY making its way through Sturbridge, Southbridge, Charlton, Dudley and Oxford. This thunderstorm has produced almost one inch of rain here at my place in Sturbridge in less than 30 minutes time.

This thunderstorm is likely to continue across Sturbridge, Southbridge, Dudley, Charlton Oxford and Webster for the next 30-45 minutes or so.

Areas along Route 146 from Sutton to Uxbridge will likely be impacted by this very loud thunderstorm with frequent lightning and heavy downpours starting around 9:45 pm or so.

Other thunderstorms are affecting areas along the Mass Pike near Grafton and areas around Monson, Palmer and Wilbraham. The storm near Monson and Palmer is likely to also affect Brimfield, Wales, Holland, Sturbridge and Southbridge starting between 9:30 pm and 10 pm. These storms are also producing some heavy downpours.