Varningar, Interchange Twenty-three

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 8 at 5:15PM EDT until May 8 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA At 513 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Woonsocket to near Canterbury, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters and Doppler radar. These storms have a history of hail up to golf ball size in Pomfret, CT and Putnam, CT. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Providence, Fall River, Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence, Woonsocket, Coventry, Cumberland, North Providence, Franklin, West Warwick, Johnston, North Attleborough, North Kingstown, Bristol, Attleboro, Smithfield, Lincoln, and Central Falls. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. These storms are producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.