Connecticut, Massachusetts Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 08/08/2026 14:08

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 5:08PM EDT until August 8 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
August 8, 2026 - 2:08pm
Expires: 
August 8, 2026 - 3:15pm
Description: 
SVRBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Hartford County in northern Connecticut... Southern Hampshire County in western Massachusetts... Southwestern Hampden County in western Massachusetts... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 507 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Montgomery to near Norfolk, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... West Hartford, Enfield, Westfield, Windsor, Agawam, West Springfield, Farmington, Simsbury, Bloomfield, Avon, Longmeadow, Suffield, East Longmeadow, Windsor Locks, Granby, East Windsor, Canton, Southwick, Burlington, and East Granby.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Hartford, CT; Hampden, MA; Hampshire, MA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Boston/Norton MA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov