[Update] The tornado watch was upgraded to a warning at 4:22 p.m. today. The warning includes east central Hartford County and Manchester. Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado 7 miles south of Glastonbury according to the warning.
"When a warning is issued based on Doppler radar, it means rotation ahs been noted above the ground and has the potential to extend to the surface," according to the National Weather Service.
A tornado watch is in effect for the area until 9 p.m. today. The watch was issued at 3:30 p.m. today by the Norman, OK, office of the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service has also issued a flood advisory, with minor flooding expected, throughout the afternoon in Hartford and surrounding counties.
An area of the storm that dropped more than an inch of rain on New York City in an hour this afternoon was moving northeast, according to the weather service. The speed with which the area of rainfall was moving should mean no single town should be effected by the heavy rain for long, the weather service noted in the flood advisory.
Ponding on roadways and flooding of streams and rivers is possible.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue Saturday, which may include heavy downpours and result in flooding.
