A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued by the National Weather Service in Taunton for Southern Bristol County.

Communities impacted by the warning include New Bedford, Fall River, Dartmouth, Somerset, Fairhaven, and Swansea.

The National Weather service advises that for your protection you should "move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building."

The warning is in effect until 6 a.m.

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