Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Connecticut
333 severe thunderstorm watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 333
- Busiest year
- 200625 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 11over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 9 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Capitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 3 hr |
| May 20, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 7 hr |
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.