Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Watches

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Connecticut, 2022

11 severe thunderstorm watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
11
Busiest month
July6 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
May 16, 20223 severe thunderstorm watches

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 16, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCapitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region7 hr
May 16, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreater Bridgeport Planning Region6 hr
May 16, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region5 hr
May 22, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNorthwest Hills Planning Region7 hr
Jul 2, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreater 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 more6 hr
Jul 12, 12:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNorthwest Hills Planning Region7 hr
Jul 12, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreater Bridgeport Planning Region4 hr
Jul 18, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region6 hr
Jul 21, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreater 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 more9 hr
Jul 25, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreater 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 more7 hr
Aug 26, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreater 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 more7 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.