North Madison Hit By Rain, Hail, High Winds, Power Outages Sunday [With Video Of Hail From Casey Davern]

Update as of 8:14 p.m:

Patch readers are reporting via Facebook that power is being restored in the wake of Sunday evening's storm.

"Power just came back on!" Kimberly Adams reported. "Hoping it stays ... wishing best to everyone else that it's all back soon. Thanks for the updates."

"It's back here too," Scott Gyllensten reported.

That's the good news. More good news is that Monday is supposed to be sunny, with highs around 85 degrees. The bad news? The forecast for July 4th has changed, according to the National Weather Service.

"Independence Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 30%."

The full NWS forecast for the week ahead is at the bottom of this article.

We'll keep you posted as the week goes on as to whether it changes again. For the most up-to-date forecasts, check the National Weather Service website.

Update at 6:30 p.m:

As of 6:30 p.m., the NWS has issued a severe thundestorm warning for Madison. The south end of town, so far, has experienced mostly nothing more than dark clouds and threatening thunder.

A long line of cars streamed out of the town's Surf Club earlier in the day, as the weather grew increasingly threatening, but much of the south end of town experienced nothing more than a gentle rain, if that, as of 6:30 p.m.

In North Madison, several Patch readers are reporting from Facebook that they are experiencing a whole lot more than dark clouds and thunder.

"We're getting phase II of the storm!" Deb Boynton O'Connor reported around 6:20 p.m. "Rain, hail, winds!!! Crazy day!!!"

Scott Gyllensten agreed. "Grape sized hail and no power," he said.

The same was true in the MacDougald household.

"Had some pretty good sized hail and no power," Joe MacDougald said. "Regular power just restored a few minutes ago." 

Bonnie Cohen Bernal lives close to the MacDougald's, and didn't get any hail, but she too lost power. "We lost power for approximately three hours, it has just been restored," she said around 6:35 p.m.

The Adams household in North Madison is still without power as well. "Power is still out here, hoping we are next in line. Seeing other restored. Thunder and raining still," Kimberly Adams said.

Suzanne Hodge Birks is reporting hail in neighborhoods off of Durham Road by the schools.

Ryan Hanrahan, a meterologist with NBC/WVIT is reporting that the line of late afternoon/early evening storms affected people from Killingworth, on the border of North Madison, to East Haddam. "Pockets of quarater sized hail and gusty, winds, he reported on Twitter at Ryan Hanrahan ‏@ryanhanrahan.

WTNH reports that large portions of the state were hit by the storm, and that many lost power.

WVIT has a picture of golfball-sized hail that fell in Sharon, CT.

Original story posted 1:35 p.m. Sunday afternoon:

The National Weather Service says the Storm Prediciton Center has placed Madison and surrounding towns at a slight risk for severe weather this afternoon into this evening. A thunderstorm watch has been issued and is in effect until 8 p.m. Sunday.

"The primary threat will be damaging winds and hail," the National Weather Service says.

For the latest updates, check the National Weather Service website, particularly if you are going to be outside or if you are going out on your boat.

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The forecast for Madison and surrounding towns, as of 8:15 p.m. Sunday, was as follows:

 Monday: Sunny, with a high near 85. West wind between 6 and 10 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Light north wind.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 83. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southwest.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. South wind between 3 and 7 mph.

Independence Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 84.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 86.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.