NWS Boston/Norton MASV.W 0041August 7, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Hartford, Tolland, Windham and 1 more, CT and MA
The National Weather Service office in Boston/Norton issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Hartford, Tolland, Windham and 1 more in Connecticut, Massachusetts, which was in force until 9:45 p.m. local time on August 7. It was the 41st 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, Tolland, Windham and 1 more
- State
- Connecticut
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:44 p.m. EDT, August 7, 2026
- Expires
- 9:45 p.m. EDT, August 7, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBOX SV.W 0041
- 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... Western Windham County in northern Connecticut... Tolland County in northern Connecticut... Eastern Hartford County in northern Connecticut... Southeastern Hampden County in western Massachusetts... * Until 945 PM EDT. * At 843 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Simsbury to near Lyme, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. These storms have a history of downing trees and powerlines in Bristol, Southington and New Britain between 815 and 835 PM. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Springfield, Hartford, West Hartford, Manchester, East Hartford, Enfield, Glastonbury, Newington, Vernon, Windsor, Agawam, Wethersfield, Mansfield, South Windsor, Windham, Plainfield, Simsbury, Bloomfield, Rocky Hill, and Willimantic.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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