Connecticut, Massachusetts Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 10/16/2026 15:41

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:41PM EDT until October 16 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
October 16, 2026 - 3:41pm
Expires: 
October 16, 2026 - 4:30pm
Description: 
SVRBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Windham County in northern Connecticut... Tolland County in northern Connecticut... Hartford County in northern Connecticut... South central Worcester County in central Massachusetts... Southern Hampden County in western Massachusetts... * Until 730 PM EDT. * At 640 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Canton to near Avon to Thomaston, moving east at 75 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Springfield, Hartford, New Britain, West Hartford, Bristol, Manchester, East Hartford, Enfield, Southington, Glastonbury, Newington, Vernon, Windsor, Agawam, West Springfield, Wethersfield, Mansfield, South Windsor, Farmington, and Simsbury.
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; Worcester, MA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Boston/Norton MA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov