Tuesday, March 26

Severe thunderstorms cause power outages, damage across southwestern New Hampshire


Severe thunderstorm warnings and watches were issued for parts of New Hampshire Monday evening, causing damage to some of those areas.A possible tornado appears to have touched down in North Charlestown, but it is not yet confirmed by the National Weather Service.The warning areas include most of southwestern New Hampshire. Damaging winds over 60 mph, penny-size hail and heavy rain are some of the potential hazards of the storm. >> Weather alertsAs of 10:30 p.m., there were more than 4,100 customers without power across the state. Crews are working all night long to restore power.In North Charlestown, the storm knocked trees and powerlines into roadways. Fire officials and police responded to the area of Route 12 near Ox Brook Road, River Road and Shutters Way.One man, Jason Byrne, was driving his truck around 6 p.m. in Charlestown when strong winds hit. He said the storm blew out the windows of his jeep while he was driving on route 12.He said he had to slam on his brakes to avoid falling trees and powerlines. “It just blew everything right around me and it blew the windows out of my jeep,” Byrne said. “And at that point the trees started falling so I just ducked down, and I slammed on the brakes and I stopped in the intersection, like the only place I could really find that there wasn’t trees coming down.”The watch area includes most of New Hampshire below the White Mountains. The watch is in effect until 11 p.m. Monday evening. >> Interactive Radar With any severe storms that are forming Monday evening, damaging wind gusts are the primary concern. There is also the possibility of large hail, and even though the potential is low, there is a non-zero threat for an isolated tornado.

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Severe thunderstorm warnings and watches were issued for parts of New Hampshire Monday evening, causing damage to some of those areas.

A possible tornado appears to have touched down in North Charlestown, but it is not yet confirmed by the National Weather Service.

The warning areas include most of southwestern New Hampshire. Damaging winds over 60 mph, penny-size hail and heavy rain are some of the potential hazards of the storm.

>> Weather alerts

As of 10:30 p.m., there were more than 4,100 customers without power across the state. Crews are working all night long to restore power.

In North Charlestown, the storm knocked trees and powerlines into roadways. Fire officials and police responded to the area of Route 12 near Ox Brook Road, River Road and Shutters Way.

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One man, Jason Byrne, was driving his truck around 6 p.m. in Charlestown when strong winds hit. He said the storm blew out the windows of his jeep while he was driving on route 12.

He said he had to slam on his brakes to avoid falling trees and powerlines.

“It just blew everything right around me and it blew the windows out of my jeep,” Byrne said. “And at that point the trees started falling so I just ducked down, and I slammed on the brakes and I stopped in the intersection, like the only place I could really find that there wasn’t trees coming down.”

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The watch area includes most of New Hampshire below the White Mountains. The watch is in effect until 11 p.m. Monday evening.

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>> Interactive Radar

With any severe storms that are forming Monday evening, damaging wind gusts are the primary concern. There is also the possibility of large hail, and even though the potential is low, there is a non-zero threat for an isolated tornado.

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