Power Outage in New Haven, CT

Police reported numerous down trees, power lines around Pine Orchard. Time estimated by radar.

Corrects previous thunderstorm wind damage report from 2 ENE Branford. Multiple trees and power lines reported down. Time estimated by radar.

Numerous reports of trees, branches, and power lines down.

Tree tops twisted and power lines down on Featherbed Lane.

Tree down on powerlines at Colonial Road and Warpas Road.

Large tree branch and powerlines down along Route 1 near Longshore Road.

Based on doppler weather radar data, information provided by|local broadcast media and emergency management, the National|Weather Service confirmed that a weak EF0 tornado occurred across|Southern New Haven County during Wednesday afternoon as a severe |thunderstorm moved east across Southern New Haven County, a |small weak tornado briefly touched down just south of North Haven.||Wind damage occurred on a line from about 1/4 mile west of I-91, to Quinnipiac Avenue near the Montowese section of North Haven east to Barberry Road. |Locations of wind damage included: Quinnipiac Avenue, Village Street, Fitch|Street, Governors Drive, Montowese Avenue by Cloudland, Montowese|Avenue, and Nettleton Avenue. On Village Street, an 8 by 10 foot|shed was lifted about 15 feet up in a tree.||Damage was mainly limited to trees that fell onto power lines and|cars with only minor structural damage.||Based on this limited damage, this tornado is classified as an EF-0|with wind gusts up to 70 mph.

Based on doppler weather radar data, information provided by|local broadcast media and emergency management, the National|Weather Service confirmed that a weak EF0 tornado occurred across|Southern New Haven County during Wednesday afternoon as a severe |thunderstorm moved east across Southern New Haven County, a |small weak tornado briefly touched down just south of North Haven.||Wind damage occurred on a line from about 1/4 mile west of I-91, to Quinnipiac Avenue near the Montowese section of North Haven east to Barberry Road. |Locations of wind damage included: Quinnipiac Avenue, Village Street, Fitch|Street, Governors Drive, Montowese Avenue by Cloudland, Montowese|Avenue, and Nettleton Avenue. On Village Street, an 8 by 10 foot|shed was lifted about 15 feet up in a tree.||Damage was mainly limited to trees that fell onto power lines and|cars with only minor structural damage.||Based on this limited damage, this tornado is classified as an EF-0|with wind gusts up to 70 mph.

Multiple trees and power lines were reported down throughout the city of New Haven.

Multiple tree branches were reported down on power lines on West Street.

Trees and wires were reported down in the town of Derby, including the main power line in town running along High Street.

Several trees and power lines were reported down in Naugatuck.

A large tree and powerlines were reported down on Trees Road near the Prospect Town line.

A microburst caused widespread damage over western portions of Milford from near the banks of the Housatonic River in the Southwest part of town, southeast to Long Island Sound. Dozens of trees and power lines were downed, with some falling onto houses. In addition a large fiberglass flagpole split in half on the Milford Side of the washington Bridge over the Housatonic River.

A powerful cold front produced numerous severe thunderstorms across Connecticut, Long Island and the Lower Hudson Valley of New York.

Strong thunderstorms developed in an unstable environment ahead of an advancing cold front. As they swept across the state of Connecticut, they caused wind damage, flash flooding, as well as frequent lightning. Connecticut light and power reported that about 30,000 customers lost power across the state. Wind damage was also reported in Franklin.

On Tuesday, August 28th, a cold front moved southeast across southern Connecticut. A line of strong thunderstorms developed ahead of this cold front, and moved southeast across portions of southern Connecticut during the late afternoon and early evening hours. As the thunderstorms moved southeast into New Haven County, a "line echo wave pattern" developed within the line, accompanied by an enhanced area of severe thunderstorms. The line of thunderstorms then dissipated as it moved further east across southern Connecticut.In New Haven County, strong wind gusts of 60 mph or slightly higher toppled numerous large trees and tree limbs, and resulted in many power outages. In Guilford, a wind gust of 53 mph was measured by a storm spotter. In addition, some of the thunderstorms were accompanied by pea- to dime-size hail, particularly near West Haven.

On Sunday, July 1st, a strong cold front approached southern Connecticut from the northwest during the late afternoon hours. As this front clashed with a warm, moist and very unstable air mass already in place, strong to locally severe thunderstorms developed and moved east-southeast across portions of southern Connecticut. Damaging winds in excess of 50 mph caused numerous large trees to topple, and led to widespread power outages. Fallen trees also caused several road closures.These thunderstorms were also accompanied by frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes. At the River Dale Campgrounds in Clinton, lightning struck a 14 year-old female from Deep River and a 17 year-old male from Clinton. Both were taken to the Middlesex Medical Center Shoreline Hospital in Essex, where their injuries were treated.

During Monday evening, June 11th, a surface trough moved east across southern New England, propelled by a potent disturbance in the middle and upper levels of the atmosphere. This triggered clusters of strong to locally severe thunderstorms across portions of southern Connecticut Monday evening into the early morning hours of Tuesday June 12th. Damaging winds downed trees and power lines across portions of southern Connecticut, and heavy rains caused areas of flooding on roadways and in low-lying areas.In addition, numerous cloud to ground lightning strikes accompanied these storms, causing numerous power outages across southern Connecticut, particularly from Norwich to New London. In Middlesex County, lightning struck the chimney of a home on Harvard Court in Middletown, and tore a hole in the roof. Cost estimates of the property damage were unknown.

Severe thunderstorms caused high winds that downed power lines in North Haven, downed trees in Middletown and downed tree limbs in Southbury. Two children were struck and injured by lightning in North Haven. One 19 year old Golfer was struck and injured at The Greater Hartford Open in Cromwell. In addition, thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused minor flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas mainly across West Central Middlesex County.

As a line of severe thunderstorms moved north, it produced nickel-size hail in New London and penny-size hail in Middletown.These and other thunderstorms were accompanied by frequent and intense lightning strikes that resulted in significant power outages. In Fairfield County, 1500 outages were reported in Bethel and 1000 outages were reported in Monroe. In New Haven County, Meriden firefighters were called to a Reservoir Avenue home to fight a fire ignited by lightning. In Middlesex County, lightning struck a house, which ignited a fire and killed an 80 year old woman in Middletown.As a severe thunderstorm moved northeast, it produced nickel-size hail in Guilford.