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Storm Surveys in Portland and East Hampton in Middlesex County, CT
and Westport, CT and East Hampton, NY
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NOUS41 KOKX 242150 CCA
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CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-250600-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1130 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010
...MICROBURST/STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN PORTLAND AND
EAST HAMPTON IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY CONNECTICUT...
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LOCATION.......................PORTLAND AND EAST HAMPTON...MIDDLESEX
COUNTY CONNECTICUT
DATE...........................JULY 21 2010
ESTIMATED TIME.................435 TO 450 PM
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 TO 110 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH.............1.5 MILES
PATH LENGTH....................2 MILES
FATALITIES.....................NONE
INJURIES.......................NONE
A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK
NY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FROM PORTLAND CONNECTICUT CONDUCTED A
SURVEY OF STORM DAMAGE FROM THE EVENING OF JULY 21 2010.
DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A MICROBURST/STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WAS OBSERVED
IN A SWATH APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES LONG. IT BEGAN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF RT 66 AND MIDDLE HADDAM ROAD IN PORTLAND. ALMOST NO
DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED WEST OF THIS LOCATION. THE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED
EASTWARD TO APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES TO KEIGHLY POND RD IN THE TOWN OF
EAST HAMPTON. DAMAGE BEYOND THIS LOCATION WAS NOT SEVERE AND
CONSISTED OF MAINLY SMALL BRANCHES.
ON ITS WESTERN EDGE...THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILES
WIDE...AND WAS 1.5 MILES WIDE AT ITS EASTERN EDGE. THIS INDICATES
THAT WINDS HAD A DIVERGENT COMPONENT TO THEM.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MANY LARGE TREES WAS OBSERVED. THROUGHOUT THE
DAMAGE PATH...TREES AVERAGING 80 FT IN HEIGHT AND UP TO 2 FT IN
DIAMETER WERE SNAPPED. THIS IS INDICATIVE OF WIND SPEEDS OF 90 TO
110 MPH. IN NEARLY ALL CASES...TREES WERE SNAPPED 20 TO 30 FT ABOVE
THE GROUND. ALSO...THE TYPE OFF TREE WAS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY
HARDWOOD...OAK...MAPLE...OR ASH. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO SOFTER
WOODS SUCH AS PINE...BUT NOTICEABLY FEWER OF THESE WERE DAMAGED.
THE MOST DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED GENERALLY ALONG MIDDLE HADDAM
ROAD...AND TREES WERE MOSTLY ORIENTED DIRECTLY EAST OR
EAST-SOUTHEAST. TO THE NORTH...ALONG BREEZY CORNERS ROAD AND JOBS
POND ROAD...TREE DAMAGE WAS ORIENTED EAST OR EAST-NORTHEAST.
TO THE SOUTH...ALONG LYMAN LANE AND WELLWYN RD...TREES WERE ORIENTED
TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS PATTERN ALSO INDICATED DIVERGING WINDS.
THERE AS ALMOST NO DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES...SUCH AS ROOF SHINGLES AND
BUILDINGS. ONE EXCEPTION TO THIS WAS A LARGE SECTION OF ROOF RIPPED
OFF A FARM CENTER BUILDING ON MIDDLE HADDAM ROAD THAT WAS CARRIED
FOR ABOUT 100 YARDS. THIS BUILDING WAS NOT SURROUNDED BY TREES AND
WAS IN AN OPEN FIELD. THIS INDICATES THAT THE HIGHEST WINDS WERE
LOCATED ABOVE THE GROUND...AND DID NOT FULLY PENETRATE THE DENSE
TREE CANOPY. STRONGER WINDS WERE ABLE TO REACH THE GROUND WHERE
THERE WERE FEWER TREES. FOR EXAMPLE...AT ONE HOME ON BREEZY CORNERS
ROAD...THERE WAS DAMAGE TO WINDOWS AND SCREENS ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR
OF A HOME WHERE FEW LARGE TREES EXISTED IN LINE WITH THE STRONGEST
WINDS. HOWEVER NO ROOF OR UPPER FLOOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED. LARGE TREES
WERE SHEARED OFF 30 TO 40 FT ABOVE THE GROUND ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.
APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY REGION THREE...AND THE
PORTLAND CONNECTICUT EMERGENCY MANAGERS.
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SMITH
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NOUS41 KOKX 221824
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CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-231800-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
140 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010
...STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT
AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND ON WEDNESDAY EVENING...
AFTER RADAR INVESTIGATION AND COORDINATION WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS IN
WESTPORT CONNECTICUT AND EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY NEW YORK...IT HAS
BEEN DETERMINED THAT STORM DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...AND NOT A TORNADO. WIND SPEEDS ARE ESTIMATED FROM RADAR TO
HAVE BEEN 65 TO 70 MPH.
IN WESTPORT...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED NORTH OF EAST
POST RD.
THESE STORMS MOVED ACROSS LONG ISLAND SOUND AND OVER THE TWIN FORKS
OF LONG ISLAND. A POSSIBLE SIGHTING OF A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED
NEAR NEW SUFFOLK...BUT IT DISSIPATED BEFORE REACHING LAND.
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE SPRINGS...WHICH IS IN THE
TOWN OF EAST HAMPTON.
ALSO...THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY WAS
IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITCHFIELD AND
BRISTOL CONNECTICUT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
ALBANY NEW YORK IS INVESTIGATING THIS STORM.
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Local Storm Reports from July 21st Severe Event
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NWUS51 KOKX 221953
LSROKX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
353 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0202 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW JAMESPORT 40.96N 72.59W
07/21/2010 SUFFOLK NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIRES DOWN ON MANOR LANE.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG HIGHLAND FALLS 41.36N 73.97W
07/21/2010 ORANGE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIRES DOWN ON ROUTE 9W SOUTHBOUND.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG CHESHIRE 41.50N 72.90W
07/21/2010 NEW HAVEN CT PUBLIC
LARGE TREES DOWN
0450 PM HAIL MIDDLETOWN 41.55N 72.65W
07/21/2010 M1.00 INCH MIDDLESEX CT AMATEUR RADIO
0455 PM TSTM WND DMG EAST HAMPTON 41.57N 72.50W
07/21/2010 MIDDLESEX CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL DOWNED TREES ACROSS TOWN. 2 HOUSE FIRES DUE TO
LIGHTNING.
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W NORWICH 41.54N 72.18W
07/21/2010 NEW LONDON CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE TOWN OF BOZRAH.
0515 PM HAIL 5 NNE BEDFORD 41.26N 73.61W
07/21/2010 U1.00 INCH WESTCHESTER NY PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN CROSS RIVER NY
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG COLCHESTER 41.57N 72.33W
07/21/2010 NEW LONDON CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 16.
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W NORWICH 41.54N 72.18W
07/21/2010 NEW LONDON CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AROUND HEBRON CT.
0515 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NNE BEDFORD 41.26N 73.61W
07/21/2010 E65.00 MPH WESTCHESTER NY PUBLIC
TREES SNAPPED IN HALF IN CROSS RIVER NY
0520 PM HAIL WILTON 41.18N 73.42W
07/21/2010 M0.88 INCH FAIRFIELD CT TRAINED SPOTTER
0523 PM TSTM WND DMG GOSHEN 41.40N 74.33W
07/21/2010 ORANGE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIRES AND TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN
0523 PM LIGHTNING GUILFORD 41.28N 72.68W
07/21/2010 NEW HAVEN CT TRAINED SPOTTER
*** 1 INJ *** WOMAN INDIRECTLY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
RESULTING IN MINOR BURNS ON HER LEG. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL AND TREATED AND RELEASED.
0530 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 10 S GUILFORD 41.14N 72.66W
07/21/2010 M40.00 MPH ANZ330 CT BUOY
WIND GUST OF 35 KT MEASURED.
0535 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTPORT 41.12N 73.35W
07/21/2010 FAIRFIELD CT TRAINED SPOTTER
WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE. TREES DOWN. SOME SNAPPED A FEW
FEET ABOVE GROUND. MANY ROADS CLOSED. TREE FELL ONTO CAR
ON COMPO ROAD NORTH NEAR STATE ROUTE 136.
0537 PM HAIL MONROE 41.32N 74.19W
07/21/2010 E0.88 INCH ORANGE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0541 PM LIGHTNING 6 E GOSHEN 41.40N 74.22W
07/21/2010 ORANGE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
*** 1 INJ *** 19 YR OLD FEMALE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ON
HEARD ROAD IN TOWN OF BLOOMING GROVE.
0550 PM HAIL 5 NNW HAVERSTRAW 41.26N 73.98W
07/21/2010 E1.00 INCH ROCKLAND NY TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN TOMKINS COVE
0559 PM HAIL 5 NNW HAVERSTRAW 41.26N 73.98W
07/21/2010 M2.00 INCH ROCKLAND NY TRAINED SPOTTER
HEN EGG SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN TOMKINS COVE
0600 PM WATER SPOUT 4 ESE MATTITUCK 40.99N 72.48W
07/21/2010 SUFFOLK NY PUBLIC
WATER SPOUT SIGHTED IN NEW SUFFOLK
0605 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NE PORT JEFFERSON 40.96N 73.04W
07/21/2010 E60.00 MPH SUFFOLK NY NWS EMPLOYEE
CEDAR BEACH
0610 PM TSTM WND DMG CROTON-ON-HUDSON 41.20N 73.89W
07/21/2010 WESTCHESTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
DOWNED TREE
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 WSW NEW CANAAN 41.08N 73.67W
07/21/2010 FAIRFIELD CT BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES DOWN IN GREENWICH CT
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRINGS 41.02N 72.16W
07/21/2010 SUFFOLK NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
MANY TREES AND WIRES DOWN THROUGHOUT EAST HAMPTON
TOWN...MAINLY IN SPRINGS AND NORTHWEST HARBOR SECTIONS.
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE ARMONK 41.11N 73.64W
07/21/2010 FAIRFIELD CT TRAINED SPOTTER
OAK TREE TORN UP THROUGH THE ROOTS AND MULTIPLE TREES
DOWN IN GREENWICH CT
0640 PM HAIL STAMFORD 41.02N 73.56W
07/21/2010 E1.75 INCH FAIRFIELD CT PUBLIC
0655 PM TSTM WND DMG JAMESPORT 40.95N 72.57W
07/21/2010 SUFFOLK NY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AROUND TOWN.
0710 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SSW BRIDGEHAMPTON 40.90N 72.32W
07/21/2010 M65.00 MPH SUFFOLK NY MESONET
WIND GUST MEASURED AT MECOX BAY STATION
0710 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 5 SSW BRIDGEHAMPTON 40.88N 72.34W
07/21/2010 M65.00 MPH ANZ350 NY MESONET
WIND GUST OF 56 KT MEASURED AT MECOX BAY STATION
0730 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NE PORT JEFFERSON 40.96N 73.04W
07/21/2010 E60.00 MPH SUFFOLK NY PUBLIC
CEDAR BEACH
0746 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W MANORVILLE 40.85N 72.90W
07/21/2010 SUFFOLK NY NWS EMPLOYEE
ALONG WILLIAM FLOYD TO THE SOUTH OF BNL AND THE ENTRANCE
OF THE LIE...SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0750 PM HAIL MONROE 41.36N 73.20W
07/21/2010 U1.00 INCH FAIRFIELD CT PUBLIC
0819 PM TSTM WND DMG WHITE PLAINS 41.02N 73.76W
07/21/2010 WESTCHESTER NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN.
0827 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NE PORT CHESTER 41.04N 73.61W
07/21/2010 E0.00 MPH FAIRFIELD CT TRAINED SPOTTER
40 MPH WIND GUST AT GREENWICH CT
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 WSW NEW CANAAN 41.08N 73.67W
07/21/2010 FAIRFIELD CT BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES DOWN IN GREENWICH...SEPARATE EVENT FROM 630 PM.
0847 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 20 SSE EAST HAMPTON 40.70N 72.00W
07/21/2010 M39.00 MPH ANZ350 NY BUOY
WIND GUST OF 34 KT MEASURED.
0854 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 25 SSE EAST HAMPTON 40.62N 72.10W
07/21/2010 M39.00 MPH ANZ370 NY BUOY
WIND GUST OF 34 KT MEASURED
0950 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 20 SSE EAST HAMPTON 40.70N 72.00W
07/21/2010 M56.00 MPH ANZ350 NY BUOY
49 KT WIND GUST MEASURED.
&&
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SMITH
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