Connecticut Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/19/2026 14:40

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 19 at 5:40PM EDT until May 19 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 19, 2026 - 2:40pm
Expires: 
May 19, 2026 - 3:45pm
Description: 
SVRBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Hartford County in northern Connecticut... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 539 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wolcott, moving east at 50 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, Southington, Glastonbury, Newington, Wethersfield, Farmington, Berlin, Rocky Hill, Plainville, and Marlborough.
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