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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
817 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
CTZ006>008-010-011-080100-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-
817 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN NEW LONDON
MIDDLESEX AND CENTRAL NEW HAVEN COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT...
AT 817 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR THOMASTON TO NEAR WALLINGFORD TO NEAR
GUILFORD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE 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.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WATERBURY AND MERIDEN AROUND 820 PM EDT.
MIDDLETOWN AND WESTBROOK AROUND 825 PM EDT.
CHESTER AND HADDAM AROUND 830 PM EDT.
CROMWELL AND PORTLAND AROUND 835 PM EDT.
EAST HAMPTON AND EAST HADDAM AROUND 840 PM EDT.
COLCHESTER AND NORTH LYME AROUND 845 PM EDT.
SALEM AND EAST LYME AROUND 850 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4147 7198 4141 7220 4144 7227 4139 7228
4128 7269 4156 7315 4164 7295 4156 7295
4155 7285 4157 7284 4155 7282 4158 7275
4163 7271 4164 7263 4165 7250 4158 7247
4159 7239 4161 7233 4164 7233 4167 7228
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 249DEG 31KT 4164 7315 4145 7288 4131 7269
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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