PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1102 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 2011
 
...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...
 
...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR WOODBURY CONNECTICUT...
 
...MOST OF DAMAGE DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...
 
LOCATION...WOODBURY...LITCHFIELD COUNTY...CONNECTICUT...
 
DATE...JUNE 9 2011
 
ESTIMATED TIME...4:48 PM
 
MAXIMUM EF SCALE RATING...EF1
 
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH
 
ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...30 YDS
 
PATH LENGTH...100 YDS
 
BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.5321...-73.2185
 
ENDING LAT/LON...41.5321...-73.2178
 
* FATALITIES...NONE
* INJURIES...NONE
 
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
  CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
  NWS STORM DATA.
 
...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NEW YORK PERFORMED A STORM
SURVEY IN WOODBURY CONNECTICUT ON JUNE 13 2011. MOST OF THE DAMAGE
WAS TO HARDWOOD TREES AND WAS CONSISTENT WITH A MICROBURST WITH
WINDS MOVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THE AREA OF DAMAGE WAS
APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE WIDE BY ONE AND A HALF MILES LONG. THE AREA
OF DAMAGE WAS BOUNDED ROUGHLY BY UPPER GRASSY HILL ROAD AND GREAT
HOLLOW ROAD. EYEWITNESS VIDEO AND PHOTOS INDICATED A FUNNEL CLOUD
MOVED OVER THE DAMAGE AREA. THE GROUND SURVEY INDICATED A BRIEF
TOUCHDOWN OF A TORNADO AT 140 GREAT HOLLOW ROAD.
 
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