Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Connecticut, 2021
18 severe thunderstorm watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- July7 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 26, 20213 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 12:28 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 | 5 hr |
| May 26, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 7 hr |
| May 26, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 7 hr |
| May 26, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:21 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 |
| Jul 6, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 7 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 8 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:41 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 | 10 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:09 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 |
| Jul 17, 1:13 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 | 10 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:56 AM 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 | 7 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 4 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Oct 16, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Nov 13, 12:27 PM EST | 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 |
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.