For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. 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.

At 800 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dartmouth, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Locations impacted include... Providence, New Bedford, Fall River, Warwick, Cranston, East Providence, Dartmouth, West Warwick, North Kingstown, Newport, Bristol, Marion, Wareham, Somerset, Portsmouth, Barrington, Middletown, Fairhaven, Swansea, and Tiverton.