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WWUS51 KBOX 080018
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
818 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
CTC003-080045-
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HARTFORD CT-
818 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY...
AT 816 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WOLCOTT TO NEAR CHESHIRE TO NEAR WALLINGFORD, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. TREES WERE DOWNED ON POWERLINE WIRES AS OF
815 PM IN SOUTHINGTON.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARTFORD, NEW BRITAIN, WEST HARTFORD, BRISTOL, EAST HARTFORD,
SOUTHINGTON, GLASTONBURY, NEWINGTON, WINDSOR, WETHERSFIELD, SOUTH
WINDSOR, FARMINGTON, BLOOMFIELD, BERLIN, ROCKY HILL, AVON,
PLAINVILLE, BURLINGTON, AND MARLBOROUGH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4185 7269 4160 7241 4158 7246 4165 7251
4163 7271 4160 7272 4158 7276 4157 7280
4155 7282 4157 7285 4155 7285 4156 7288
4156 7295 4164 7294 4164 7299 4170 7300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 238DEG 29KT 4163 7299 4153 7289 4143 7278
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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