Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 7 at 8:44PM EDT until August 7 at 9:45PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 7, 2026 - 5:44pm
Expires:
August 7, 2026 - 6:45pm
Description:
SVRBOX
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Windham County in northern Connecticut...
Tolland County in northern Connecticut...
Eastern Hartford County in northern Connecticut...
Southeastern Hampden County in western Massachusetts...
* Until 945 PM EDT.
* At 843 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Simsbury to near Lyme, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. These storms have a history of downing
trees and powerlines in Bristol, Southington and New
Britain between 815 and 835 PM.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Hartford, West Hartford, Manchester, East Hartford,
Enfield, Glastonbury, Newington, Vernon, Windsor, Agawam,
Wethersfield, Mansfield, South Windsor, Windham, Plainfield,
Simsbury, Bloomfield, Rocky Hill, and Willimantic.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Hartford, CT; Tolland, CT; Windham, CT; Hampden, MA
Forcast Office:
NWS Boston/Norton MA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov