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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

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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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    Title
    Before

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:41PM EDT until October 16 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA

    After

    Severe 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

    After

    16 October 2026 at 23:04 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    16 October 2026 at 22:41 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 23:04 UTC

    Forecast onset
    Before

    16 October 2026 at 22:41 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 23:04 UTC

    Message type
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    Alert

    After

    Update

    Source status
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    Source alert

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    Source 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.

    After

    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.

    External source link
    Before

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.03f61ee0109d981a89ba3836d4c84d86cd1d7ea1.001.1

    After

    https://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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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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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

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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