Tornado Watches in Connecticut
47 tornado 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 tornado watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 47
- Busiest year
- 20126 tornado watches
- Average year
- 2over 20 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 tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 5 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. Rebuilt daily.