NWS Boston/Norton MASV.W 0044August 8, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Hartford, Hampden and Hampshire, CT and MA
The National Weather Service office in Boston/Norton issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Hartford, Hampden and Hampshire in Connecticut, Massachusetts, which was in force until 6:15 p.m. local time on August 8. It was the 44th 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 1.1 hours; 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, Hampden and Hampshire
- State
- Connecticut
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:08 p.m. EDT, August 8, 2026
- Expires
- 6:15 p.m. EDT, August 8, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBOX SV.W 0044
- 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... 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.
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.