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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 1997

55 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1997. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
55
Busiest month
July24 severe thunderstorm warnings
Busiest day
July 9, 199712 severe thunderstorm warnings

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region40 min
May 1, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region49 min
May 1, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region42 min
May 1, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region30 min
May 6, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region67 min
May 6, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region57 min
May 6, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region55 min
May 6, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region53 min
May 6, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region69 min
May 6, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region60 min
May 19, 10:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region59 min
May 19, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region58 min
May 19, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region55 min
Jun 26, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region54 min
Jun 26, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region68 min
Jun 26, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region56 min
Jun 26, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region68 min
Jul 3, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region35 min
Jul 7, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region60 min
Jul 7, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region60 min
Jul 7, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region63 min
Jul 7, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region66 min
Jul 7, 10:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region41 min
Jul 9, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region58 min
Jul 9, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region67 min
Jul 9, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region60 min
Jul 9, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region45 min
Jul 9, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region62 min
Jul 9, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region69 min
Jul 9, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOX57 min
Jul 9, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region62 min
Jul 9, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region56 min
Jul 9, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region64 min
Jul 9, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region63 min
Jul 9, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region61 min
Jul 15, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region67 min
Jul 15, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOX52 min
Jul 15, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region54 min
Jul 15, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region46 min
Jul 18, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region65 min
Jul 18, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region53 min
Aug 3, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region67 min
Aug 3, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region51 min
Aug 3, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region65 min
Aug 3, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region57 min
Aug 3, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region51 min
Aug 3, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region30 min
Aug 3, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region30 min
Aug 5, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region99 min
Aug 9, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region54 min
Aug 9, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region60 min
Aug 9, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region58 min
Aug 16, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region68 min
Aug 16, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region70 min
Sep 11, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region55 min

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.