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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 7:04PM EDT until October 16 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Hartford, CT; Tolland, CT; Windham, CT; Hampden, MA; Worcester, MA. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.
- Bulletin issued
- 16 October 2026 at 23:04 UTC
- First saved by us
- 16 October 2026 at 22:47 UTC
- Last included in a daily record
- 16 October 2026
The linked daily edition preserves what we captured that UTC day; this event page is not a live warning.
- Source classification
- Severe · Source update
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- Issuer / area
- NWS Boston/Norton MA · Hartford, CT; Tolland, CT; Windham, CT; Hampden, MA; Worcester, MA
- Certainty / urgency
- Observed / Immediate
- Message expiry (not hazard end)
- 16 October 2026 at 23:30 UTC
- Forecast onset / end
- 16 October 2026 at 23:04 UTC / 16 October 2026 at 23:30 UTC
Archived official description
At 704 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Somers to near Vernon to East Hartford, moving east at 75 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, Manchester, East Hartford, Enfield, Southington, Glastonbury, Newington, Vernon, Windsor, Wethersfield, Mansfield, South Windsor, Farmington, Bloomfield, Berlin, Rocky Hill, Avon, and Plainville.
Instructions in this archived message
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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- Before
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:41PM EDT until October 16 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
AfterSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 7:04PM EDT until October 16 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
- Source updated
- Before
16 October 2026 at 22:41 UTC
After16 October 2026 at 23:04 UTC
- Effective from
- Before
16 October 2026 at 22:41 UTC
After16 October 2026 at 23:04 UTC
- Forecast onset
- Before
16 October 2026 at 22:41 UTC
After16 October 2026 at 23:04 UTC
- Message type
- Before
Alert
AfterUpdate
- Source status
- Before
Source alert
AfterSource update
- Official description
- Before
SVRBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Windham County in northern Connecticut... Tolland County in northern Connecticut... Hartford County in northern Connecticut... South central Worcester County in central Massachusetts... Southern Hampden County in western Massachusetts... * Until 730 PM EDT. * At 640 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Canton to near Avon to Thomaston, moving east at 75 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Springfield, Hartford, New Britain, West Hartford, Bristol, Manchester, East Hartford, Enfield, Southington, Glastonbury, Newington, Vernon, Windsor, Agawam, West Springfield, Wethersfield, Mansfield, South Windsor, Farmington, and Simsbury.AfterAt 704 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Somers to near Vernon to East Hartford, moving east at 75 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, Manchester, East Hartford, Enfield, Southington, Glastonbury, Newington, Vernon, Windsor, Wethersfield, Mansfield, South Windsor, Farmington, Bloomfield, Berlin, Rocky Hill, Avon, and Plainville.
- External source link
- Before
https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.03f61ee0109d981a89ba3836d4c84d86cd1d7ea1.001.1
Afterhttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.73909f2104b79a61b4f8c85919b84946ccf31c50.001.1
Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 23:04 UTC
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First saved record · 16 October 2026 at 22:47 UTC
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Our first saved version of Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:41PM EDT until October 16 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA. We have no earlier saved version to compare.
Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 22:41 UTC
View saved version 1
Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.
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