Connecticut Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/19/2026 13:45

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 19 at 4:45PM EDT until May 19 at 5:45PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 19, 2026 - 1:45pm
Expires: 
May 19, 2026 - 2:45pm
Description: 
SVRBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Hartford County in northern Connecticut... * Until 545 PM EDT. * At 444 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Burlington, or near Bristol, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Hartford, New Britain, West Hartford, Bristol, Manchester, East Hartford, Enfield, Southington, Glastonbury, Newington, Windsor, Wethersfield, South Windsor, Farmington, Simsbury, Bloomfield, Berlin, Rocky Hill, Avon, and Plainville.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Hartford, CT
Forcast Office: 
NWS Boston/Norton MA