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Short band of storms spreads damage around northern Connecticut

Scattered showers and storms are expected to continue throughout Friday evening and may end as late as midnight.

HARTFORD, Conn. — A quick band of storms rolled through Connecticut on Friday afternoon, leaving lots of much-needed rain and damage from strong winds behind.

A brief tornado storm warning was in effect in Hartford and Tolland counties for around 25 minutes during the afternoon, and most of the state was under a severe thunderstorm watch until 8 p.m. Friday.

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Several downed trees have been discovered around parts of the state, including route 159 at River Road in Windsor Locks, where a tree is blocking the road.

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Around 3:19 p.m. in East Windsor, a tree came down on someone's two-story home. The Red Cross is working to relocate the couple living in the house.

Trees and powerlines are down in other areas around East Windsor, according to the local fire marshal.

Route 39 in Sherman is also closed at Briarwood Drive because of a tree down in wires, according to the Connecticut Dept. of Transportation.

Earlier in the afternoon, hail dropped down in northern Connecticut.

Debbie from Windsor found some around 2:15 p.m. Friday.

Credit: Debbie Burke
This was taken at 2:15 pm in the Poquonock section of Windsor. Credit: Debbie Burke

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Over in East Granby, lightning strikes could be seen approaching from Windsor Locks. 

Credit: Scott Kahoun

In Coventry on route 31 Main St. near Domitris and Coventry Grammar School, a transformer fire from the storm closed the street. There were also wires down on North School Rd. 

Main St has been reopened 19:50 Due to the storm we have a few road closures for wires down. Rt 31 Main St in the area...

Posted by Town of Coventry Fire EMS on Friday, August 26, 2022

Eversource has over 600 customers without power as of 5:30 a.m. Saturday, with the most outages in East Windsor, Burlington, Sherman, Tolland, and Windsor. 

Leah Myers is a digital content producer at FOX61 News. She can be reached at lmyers@fox61.com

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