NWS Upton NYSV.W 0066August 7, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Fairfield, Bronx, Kings and 3 more, CT and NY
The National Weather Service office in Upton issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Fairfield, Bronx, Kings and 3 more in Connecticut, New York, which was in force until 7:15 p.m. local time on August 7. It was the 66th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Upton issued in 2026. Connecticut had 14 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 16 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Connecticut's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 51 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Upton NY
- Area
- Fairfield, Bronx, Kings and 3 more
- State
- Connecticut
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:24 p.m. EDT, August 7, 2026
- Expires
- 7:15 p.m. EDT, August 7, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KOKX SV.W 0066
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVROKX The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Fairfield County in southern Connecticut... Southern Westchester County in southeastern New York... Queens County in southeastern New York... Bronx County in southeastern New York... Kings County in southeastern New York... Nassau County in southeastern New York... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 623 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Dobbs Ferry to Bronxville to Whitestone to Howard Beach to near Rockaway Beach, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Jamaica and New Rochelle around 630 PM EDT. Long Beach and Port Chester around 635 PM EDT. Westbury and Hempstead around 640 PM EDT. Stamford and Freeport around 645 PM EDT. Levittown and Syosset around 650 PM EDT. Norwalk and Plainview around 655 PM EDT.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.