NWS Boston/Norton MASV.W 0040August 7, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Hartford, CT
The National Weather Service office in Boston/Norton issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Hartford in Connecticut, which was in force until 8:45 p.m. local time on August 7. It was the 40th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Boston/Norton 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 1 hour; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Boston/Norton MA
- Area
- Hartford
- State
- Connecticut
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:44 p.m. EDT, August 7, 2026
- Expires
- 8:45 p.m. EDT, August 7, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBOX SV.W 0040
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
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.
What the agency told people to do
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.
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