Weather alerts in Connecticut, 2003
74 weather alerts in 2003, 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 74
- Warnings
- 39
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- August21 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 16, 20037 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 9:55 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr | |
| Jan 3, 12:37 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr | |
| Jan 3, 1:32 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 7 hr | |
| Feb 7, 7:37 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 9 hr | |
| Feb 17, 11:16 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 7 hr | |
| Mar 6, 7:13 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 7 hr | |
| Mar 21, 5:45 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr | |
| Mar 21, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 10:43 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr | |
| May 2, 12:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr | |
| May 28, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 34 min |
| May 28, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 41 min |
| May 28, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 115 min |
| Jun 14, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 14 min |
| Jun 27, 12:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr | |
| Jun 27, 3:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr | |
| Jun 30, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr | |
| Jul 7, 6:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min | |
| Jul 18, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr | |
| Jul 21, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr | |
| Jul 21, 7:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min | |
| Jul 21, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr | |
| Jul 21, 10:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min | |
| Jul 22, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr | |
| Jul 22, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 18 min |
| Aug 4, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 114 min |
| Aug 6, 12:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr | |
| Aug 8, 1:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 97 min |
| Aug 8, 4:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 83 min |
| Aug 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 21 min |
| Aug 16, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | 27 min | |
| Aug 16, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 6:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 115 min |
| Aug 17, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 113 min |
| Aug 22, 12:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min | |
| Aug 22, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr | |
| Aug 22, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 4:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min | |
| Aug 22, 7:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min | |
| Aug 22, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 24 min |
| Sep 23, 9:36 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min | |
| Sep 23, 9:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 61 min |
| Sep 23, 10:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 57 min |
| Sep 23, 11:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 40 min |
| Sep 28, 10:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 12:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 6:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 58 min |
| Oct 15, 2:25 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr | |
| Oct 27, 4:05 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min | |
| Oct 27, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 38 min |
| Oct 27, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 54 min |
| Oct 27, 5:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 33 min |
| Oct 29, 8:33 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min | |
| Oct 29, 8:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 45 min |
| Dec 5, 6:48 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr | |
| Dec 6, 5:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr | |
| Dec 6, 11:11 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr | |
| Dec 6, 6:51 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr | |
| Dec 14, 12:14 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr | |
| Dec 14, 6:37 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr | |
| Dec 14, 8:06 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min | |
| Dec 17, 11:12 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 6 hr |
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 | 24 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 14 |
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
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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.