B757-200 CAPTAIN REPORTS REACTIVE WINDSHEAR ENCOUNTER ON APPROACH TO BDL.

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REACTIVE WINDSHEAR ENCOUNTERED EXECUTED WINDSHEAR RECOVERY PROCEDURE HIGH SURFACE WINDS WERE REPORTED AT ZZZ 300 DEGREES AT 19 KTS GUSTING TO 32 KTS. IT WAS NIGHT CAVU. DESCENDING THROUGH 5000 FT WE ENCOUNTERED CONTINUOUS LIGHT TURBULENCE; OCCASIONAL MODERATE CHOP WITH PERIODS OF CONTINUOUS MODERATE CHOP AND MODERATE TURBULENCE. WE HAD THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT ON DOWNWIND; BUT REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE FINAL DUE TO THE TURBULENCE; NIGHT; AND WE WERE BOTH A BIT TIRED. WE HAD ORIGINALLY BRIEFED VREF +20 KTS FOR TARGET SPEED. ON FINAL; THE TOWER REPORTED THE WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 7 KTS. THE FMC WAS SHOWING 30 KTS OF WIND AT 1000 FT; SO WE SELECTED A TARGET SPEED OF VREF +15 KTS; EXPECTING THE WIND TO DIMINISH BY LANDING. THE RIDE WAS VERY ROUGH; AND DESCENDING THROUGH APPROX 400 FT; WE RECEIVED A REACTIVE WINDSHEAR WARNING. WE EXECUTED THE WINDSHEAR RECOVERY PROCEDURE PER THE FLIGHT MANUAL. ONCE THROUGH THE SHEAR; WE CLEANED UP AND RECEIVED VECTORS BACK FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 33. ON THE SECOND APPROACH; THE TURBULENCE WAS THE SAME; WE HAD A 40 KT HEADWIND AT 1000 FT ON FINAL WHICH DIMINISHED TO 6 KTS ON LANDING. WE DID NOT ENCOUNTER WINDSHEAR ON THE SECOND APPROACH AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.