NWS Boston/Norton MASV.W 0030July 2, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Tolland, Windham, Hampden and 2 more, CT and MA
The National Weather Service office in Boston/Norton issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Tolland, Windham, Hampden and 2 more in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, which was in force until 12:30 a.m. local time on July 3. It was the 30th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Boston/Norton issued in 2026. Connecticut had 27 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 2026, against 27 in an average July of 2008-2025 (Connecticut's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 53 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Boston/Norton MA
- Area
- Tolland, Windham, Hampden and 2 more
- State
- Connecticut
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 11:37 p.m. EDT, July 2, 2026
- Expires
- 12:30 a.m. EDT, July 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBOX SV.W 0030
- 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... Northeastern Windham County in northern Connecticut... Northeastern Tolland County in northern Connecticut... Southeastern Worcester County in central Massachusetts... Eastern Hampden County in western Massachusetts... Northwestern Providence County in Rhode Island... * Until 1230 AM EDT. * At 1137 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dudley, or 16 miles southwest of Worcester, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Woonsocket, Johnston, Milford, Smithfield, Grafton, Killingly, Webster, Southbridge, Auburn, Burrillville, Northbridge, Oxford, Uxbridge, Millbury, Charlton, North Smithfield, Spencer, Dudley, Leicester, and Scituate.
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.