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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
614 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2026
CTZ006>008-192300-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-
614 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN NEW LONDON
NORTHERN
MIDDLESEX AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW HAVEN COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...
AT 613 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER HEBRON, OR NEAR COLCHESTER, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE ALONG WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JEWETT CITY, MERIDEN, MIDDLETOWN, WALLINGFORD, NORWICH, COLCHESTER,
EAST HAMPTON, DURHAM, SALEM, CHESHIRE, CROMWELL, GRISWOLD, PORTLAND,
EAST HADDAM, AND HADDAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4155 7179 4146 7291 4156 7291 4154 7285
4157 7284 4155 7282 4158 7275 4163 7271
4164 7263 4165 7250 4158 7247 4160 7234
4164 7233 4167 7227 4169 7227 4171 7224
4166 7216 4163 7196 4164 7179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 263DEG 38KT 4165 7241
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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