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Tornado Warning Canceled, Significant Damage In Northern CT
A tornado warning in the northern part of the state expired, but thousands of residents are without power tonight.
HARTFORD/TOLLAND COUNTY — The National Weather Service's Tornado Warning for southwestern Tolland County and southeastern Hartford County expired at 7:30 p.m. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 9 p.m Wednesday night for all Connecticut counties.
Eversource is reporting around 3,100 outages as of 8:40 p.m. Around 1,825 are located in Manchester. United Illuminating is reporting just 45 customer outages.
The National Weather Service said at "6:48 p.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Wethersfield moving east at 15 miles per hour." Also just before 6 p.m., the NWS said a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Glastonbury. There has been no confirmation that a tornado actually touched down in Connecticut on Wednesday.
Find out what's happening in Manchesterfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
NBC CT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Hanrahan shared video that shows some "rotation."
This funnel cloud on the Glastonbury/Manchester line was near some of the strongest rotation. It's possible some of the tree damage around here was from a tornado. Not sure yet. #nbcct @NWSBoston pic.twitter.com/ViOARhGPgN
— Ryan Hanrahan (@ryanhanrahan) August 22, 2019
Rotation from Glastonbury. Briana Petersen @WX1BOX @NWSBoston @ryanhanrahan @RachelFrank_CT pic.twitter.com/jhhqInV3Bh
— eweather (@Eweather13) August 21, 2019
Significant damage was also reported in Manchester.
Find out what's happening in Manchesterfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
WATCH LIVE --> https://t.co/hOGXKWdAM5 https://t.co/kNABd9DkJo
— FOX61 (@FOX61News) August 21, 2019
A car is under this tree on Grandview in Manchester. This is just some of the damage we’ve seen so far. #wfsb pic.twitter.com/SoHclpbW1X
— Matthew Campbell (@mgmcampbell) August 21, 2019
@ryanhanrahan Campfield Rd in Manchester pic.twitter.com/WqPrIQc5oh
— Kerry Mattson (@K_Mattson20) August 22, 2019
Take a look at this video from an eyewitness out of #Hebron. Send us your pictures and videos to iWitness@wfsb.com https://t.co/r6LEtLXx7C pic.twitter.com/N3F3768sDB
— WFSB Channel 3 (@WFSBnews) August 21, 2019
Another crazy lightning strike captured in #Willimantic. Thanks to Lexie T. for sharing this video with us pic.twitter.com/aHba7xuFHb
— WFSB Channel 3 (@WFSBnews) August 21, 2019
Damage reports are coming in from the affected area. Keep checking back for updates.
Storm Damage / flooding #Manchester Watch as Town Fire Manchester E1 drives down a flooded Elm St a little while ago pic.twitter.com/xrt8IKwe90
— CTNewsAlert (@CTNewsAlert) August 21, 2019
PHOTOS: There are trees and wires down and thousands of power outages as today's storms roll through. Here's a look at what we're seeing ---> https://t.co/jU8dKn8iIo pic.twitter.com/hIFAIhxiNB
— NBC Connecticut (@NBCConnecticut) August 21, 2019
#MANCHESTER - Summit St- Large tree down over wires @NBCConnecticut #NBCCT pic.twitter.com/PRQRhwOCu8
— LESLIE MAYES NBC (@LeslieMayesTV) August 21, 2019
.@UConn alerting campus community in Storrs to stay indoors during #TornadoWarning https://t.co/hOGXKWdAM5 pic.twitter.com/vMhEwRPXXA
— FOX61 (@FOX61News) August 21, 2019
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