Connecticut, Massachusetts Extreme Tornado Watch | Effective 06/18/2026 12:43

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued June 18 at 3:43PM EDT until June 18 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
June 18, 2026 - 12:43pm
Expires: 
June 18, 2026 - 4:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 353 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN CONNECTICUT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT HARTFORD TOLLAND WINDHAM IN MASSACHUSETTS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS WORCESTER IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS ESSEX MIDDLESEX IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS FRANKLIN HAMPDEN HAMPSHIRE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ASHFORD, AUBURN, BERNARDSTON, BLANDFORD, BRISTOL, CAMBRIDGE, CHAPLIN, CHESTERFIELD, CHICOPEE, DANIELSON, DEERFIELD, DRACUT, EAST HARTFORD, EAST LONGMEADOW, ELLINGTON, FARMINGTON, FRAMINGHAM, GOSHEN, GREENFIELD, GROVELAND, HARTFORD, HAVERHILL, HUNTINGTON, KILLINGLY, LAWRENCE, LEVERETT, LEYDEN, LINCOLN, LOWELL, LYNN, MANSFIELD, MILLVILLE, MONTGOMERY, NEW BRITAIN, NEW SALEM, NEWBURY, NEWTON, NORTH ANDOVER, NORTHAMPTON, PLAINVILLE, PUTNAM, ROCKVILLE, RUSSELL, SHUTESBURY, SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAMPTON, SPRINGFIELD, STAFFORD, STAFFORD SPRINGS, STORRS, WEST BOYLSTON, WEST HARTFORD, WEST NEWBURY, WESTFIELD, WESTHAMPTON, WILLIAMSBURG, WILLIMANTIC, WILLINGTON, AND WORCESTER.
Area Description: 
Hartford, CT; Tolland, CT; Windham, CT; Essex, MA; Franklin, MA; Hampden, MA; Hampshire, MA; Middlesex, MA; Worcester, MA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Boston/Norton MA