Weather alerts in Connecticut, 2002
62 weather alerts in 2002, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 62
- Warnings
- 50
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- May19 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 31, 200218 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr | |
| Mar 26, 10:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 24 min |
| Mar 26, 11:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 21 min |
| Apr 19, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr | |
| May 28, 6:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 38 min |
| May 31, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr | |
| May 31, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 66 min |
| May 31, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 45 min |
| May 31, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 35 min |
| May 31, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 65 min |
| May 31, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 40 min |
| May 31, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 49 min |
| May 31, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 44 min |
| May 31, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 40 min |
| May 31, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 46 min |
| May 31, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 47 min |
| May 31, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 62 min |
| May 31, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 25 min |
| May 31, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 44 min |
| May 31, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 36 min |
| May 31, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 47 min |
| May 31, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 39 min |
| May 31, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 45 min |
| May 31, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 6:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 85 min |
| Jun 22, 4:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 93 min |
| Jun 26, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr | |
| Jun 26, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr | |
| Jul 4, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr | |
| Jul 9, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr | |
| Jul 19, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 11:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr | |
| Jul 23, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr | |
| Jul 23, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 56 min |
| Jul 23, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 45 min |
| Jul 23, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr | |
| Aug 2, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr | |
| Aug 2, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr | |
| Aug 16, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 52 min |
| Sep 2, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 112 min |
| Sep 4, 4:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 30 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 39 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20012003
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.