Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 7 at 7:44PM EDT until August 7 at 8:45PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 7, 2026 - 4:44pm
Expires:
August 7, 2026 - 5:45pm
Description:
SVRBOX
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Hartford County in northern Connecticut...
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 743 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Southbury to near Monroe to Orange, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Hartford, New Britain, West Hartford, Bristol, East Hartford,
Southington, Glastonbury, Newington, Windsor, Wethersfield, South
Windsor, Farmington, Bloomfield, Berlin, Rocky Hill, Avon,
Plainville, Burlington, and Marlborough.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Hartford, CT
Forcast Office:
NWS Boston/Norton MA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov