Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Connecticut, 2012
15 severe thunderstorm watches in 2012. 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 in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- July7 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 29, 20122 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region | 9 hr |
| May 26, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 6 hr |
| May 29, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Capitol Planning Region | 5 hr |
| May 29, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:41 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, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:39 AM 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, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:35 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, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 7 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:20 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, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 10 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:57 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 | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 8 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 6 hr |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.